Immediate early genes and methods of use therefor

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides methods and materials related to immediate early genes. Specifically, the invention provides isolated immediate early gene nucleic acid, cells that contain isolated immediate early gene nucleic acid, substantially pure polypeptides encoded by immediate early gene nucleic acid, and antibodies having specific binding affinity for a polypeptide encoded by immediate early gene nucleic acid. In addition, the invention provides cDNA libraries enriched for immediate early genes cDNAs, isolated nucleic acid derived from such cDNA libraries, and methods for treating conditions related to a deficiency in a neuron&#39;s immediate early gene responsiveness to a stimulus.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. provisional application Nos. 60/074,518, filed Feb. 12, 1998 and 60/074,135, filed Feb. 6, 1998, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.

STATEMENT AS TO FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH

[0002] Funding for the work described herein was provided by the federal government, which may have certain rights in the invention.

BACKGROUND

[0003] 1. Technical Field

[0004] The present invention generally relates to gene expression and more specifically to immediate early genes in the brain and polypeptides encoded by such immediate early genes.

[0005] 2. Background Information

[0006] An immediate early gene (IEG) is a gene whose expression is rapidly increased immediately following a stimulus. For example, genes expressed by neurons that exhibit a rapid increase in expression immediately following neuronal stimulation are neuronal IEGs. Such neuronal IEGs have been found to encode a wide variety of polypeptides including transcription factors, cytoskeletal polypeptides, growth factors, and metabolic enzymes as well as polypeptides involved in signal transduction. The identification of neuronal IEGs and the polypeptides they encode provides important information about the function of neurons in, for example, learning, memory, synaptic transmission, tolerance, and neuronal plasticity.

SUMMARY

[0007] The present invention involves methods and materials related to IEGs. Specifically, the invention provides isolated IEG nucleic acid sequences, cells that contain isolated IEG nucleic acid, substantially pure polypeptides encoded by IEG nucleic acid, and antibodies having specific binding affinity for a polypeptide encoded by IEG nucleic acid. In addition, the invention provides cDNA libraries enriched for IEG cDNAs, isolated nucleic acid derived from such cDNA libraries, and methods for treating conditions related to a deficiency in a neuron's IEG responsiveness to a stimulus.

[0008] In one aspect, the invention features an isolated nucleic acid having at least one adenine base, at least one guanine base, at least one cytosine base, and at least one thymine or uracil base. The isolated nucleic acid is at least 12 bases in length, and hybridizes to the sense or antisense strand of a second nucleic acid under hybridization conditions. The second nucleic acid has a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, or 60. The hybridization conditions can be moderately or highly stringent hybridization conditions.

[0009] In another embodiment, the invention features an isolated nucleic acid having a nucleic acid sequence that encodes an amino acid sequence at least five amino acids in length. The amino acid sequence contains at least three different amino acid residues, and is identical to a contiguous portion of sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:11, 21, 27, 30, 32, 36, 38, 48, 61, or 62.

[0010] Another embodiment of the invention features an isolated nucleic acid having a nucleic acid sequence at least 60 percent identical to the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, or 60.

[0011] Another embodiment of the invention features an isolated nucleic acid having a nucleic acid sequence that encodes an amino acid sequence at least 60 percent identical to the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:11, 21, 27, 30, 32, 36, 38, 48, 61, or 62.

[0012] Another embodiment of the invention features an isolated nucleic acid having a nucleic acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, or 60.

[0013] In another aspect, the invention features a substantially pure polypeptide having an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid having at least one adenine base, at least one guanine base, at least one cytosine base, and at least one thymine or uracil base. The nucleic acid is at least 12 bases in length, and hybridizes to the sense or antisense strand of a second nucleic acid under hybridization conditions. The second nucleic acid has a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, or 60.

[0014] In another embodiment, the invention features a substantially pure polypeptide having an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:11, 21, 27, 30, 32, 36, 38, 48, 61, or 62.

[0015] Another embodiment of the invention features a substantially pure polypeptide having an amino acid sequence at least 60 percent identical to the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:11, 21, 27, 30, 32, 36, 38, 48, 61, or 62.

[0016] Another embodiment of the invention features a substantially pure polypeptide having an amino acid sequence at least five amino acids in length. The amino acid sequence contains at least three different amino acid residues, and is identical to a contiguous stretch of sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:11, 21, 27, 30, 32, 36, 38, 48, 61, or 62.

[0017] Another aspect of the invention features a host cell (e.g., a eukaryotic or prokaryotic cell) containing an isolated nucleic acid having at least one adenine base, at least one guanine base, at least one cytosine base, and at least one thymine or uracil base. The isolated nucleic acid is at least 12 bases in length, and hybridizes to the sense or antisense strand of a second nucleic acid under hybridization conditions. The second nucleic acid has a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, or 60.

[0018] Another aspect of the invention features an antibody (e.g., a monoclonal or polyclonal antibody) having specific binding affinity for an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid having at least one adenine base, at least one guanine base, at least one cytosine base, and at least one thymine or uracil base. The nucleic acid is at least 12 bases in length, and hybridizes to the sense or antisense strand of a second nucleic acid under hybridization conditions. The second nucleic acid has a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, or 60.

[0019] Another aspect of the invention features a cDNA library having a plurality of clones with each clone having a cDNA insert. In addition, at least about 15 percent (e.g., at least about 20 or 25 percent) of the clones have cDNA derived from immediate early genes (e.g., immediate early genes responsive to a maximal electroconvulsive seizure). The cDNA library can be a subtracted cDNA library. For example, the subtracted cDNA library can be the IEG-Reg or IEG-Lg cDNA library.

[0020] Another aspect of the invention features an isolated nucleic acid derived from a cDNA library. The cDNA library has a plurality of clones with each clone having a cDNA insert. In addition, at least about 15 percent of the clones have cDNA derived from immediate early genes. The isolated nucleic acid can have a nucleic acid sequence of an immediate early gene.

[0021] Another aspect of the invention features a method of obtaining immediate early gene nucleic acid. The method includes providing a cDNA library having a plurality of clones with each clone having a cDNA insert. In addition, at least about 15 percent of the clones have cDNA derived from immediate early genes. The method also includes contacting at least a portion of the cDNA library with a probe containing at least one nucleic acid having a nucleic acid sequence derived from an immediate early gene, and selecting a member of the plurality of clones based on the hybridization of the at least one nucleic acid to the member under hybridization conditions.

[0022] Another aspect of the invention features a method of treating an animal (e.g., human) having a deficiency in a neuron's immediate early gene responsiveness to a stimulus. The method includes administering a nucleic acid to the animal such that the effect of the deficiency is minimized. The nucleic acid has at least one adenine base, at least one guanine base, at least one cytosine base, and at least one thymine or uracil base. In addition, the nucleic acid is at least 12 bases in length, and hybridizes to the sense or antisense strand of a second nucleic acid under hybridization conditions. The second nucleic acid has a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, or 60. The deficiency can include a reduced level of expression of an immediate early gene. In addition, the stimulus can influence learning or memory. For example, the stimulus can include a maximal electroconvulsive seizure.

[0023] In another embodiment, the invention features a method of treating an animal (e.g., human) having a deficiency in a neuron's immediate early gene responsiveness to a stimulus. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of a substantially pure polypeptide to the animal such that the effect of the deficiency is minimized. The polypeptide contains an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid having at least one adenine base, at least one guanine base, at least one cytosine base, and at least one thymine or uracil base. The nucleic acid is at least 12 bases in length, and hybridizes to the sense or antisense strand of a second nucleic acid under hybridization conditions. The second nucleic acid has a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, or 60.

[0024] Another embodiment of the invention features a method of treating an animal (e.g., human) having a deficiency in a neuron's immediate early gene responsiveness to a stimulus. The method includes administering an effective amount of cells to the animal such that the effect of the deficiency is minimized. The cells contain a nucleic acid having at least one adenine base, at least one guanine base, at least one cytosine base, and at least one thymine or uracil base. In addition, the nucleic acid is at least 12 bases in length, and hybridizes to the sense or antisense strand of a second nucleic acid under hybridization conditions. The second nucleic acid has a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, or 60.

[0025] Another embodiment of the invention features a method of treating an animal (e.g., human) having a deficiency in a neuron's immediate early gene responsiveness to a stimulus. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective of antibodies to the animal such that the effect of the deficiency is minimized. The antibodies have specific binding affinity for an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid having at least one adenine base, at least one guanine base, at least one cytosine base, and at least one thymine or uracil base. The nucleic acid is at least 12 bases in length, and hybridizes to the sense or antisense strand of a second nucleic acid under hybridization conditions. The second nucleic acid has a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, or 60. The deficiency can include an elevated level of expression of an immediate early gene.

[0026] Another aspect of the invention features a method of identifying a compound that modulates immediate early gene expression. The method includes contacting a test compound with an immediate early gene nucleic acid, and determining whether the test compound effects the expression of the immediate early gene nucleic acid. The presence of an effect indicates that the test compound is a compound that modulates immediate early gene expression. The immediate early gene nucleic acid can contain a nucleic acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, or 60. The effect can be a reduction or increase in the expression of the immediate early gene nucleic acid.

[0027] In another embodiment, the invention features a method of identifying a compound that modulates immediate early gene polypeptide activity. The method includes contacting a test compound with an immediate early gene polypeptide, and determining whether the test compound effects the activity of the immediate early gene polypeptide. The presence of an effect indicates that the test compound is a compound that modulates immediate early gene polypeptide activity. The immediate early gene polypeptide can contain an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid having at least one adenine base, at least one guanine base, at least one cytosine base, and at least one thymine or uracil base. The nucleic acid is at least 12 bases in length, and hybridizes to the sense or antisense strand of a second nucleic acid under hybridization conditions. The second nucleic acid has a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, or 60. Alternatively, the immediate early gene polypeptide can contain an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:11, 21, 27, 30, 32, 36, 38, 48, 61, or 62. The effect can be a reduction or increase in the activity of the immediate early gene polypeptide.

[0028] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention pertains. Although methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of the present invention, suitable methods and materials are described below. All publications, patent applications, patents, and other references mentioned herein are incorporated by reference in their entirety. In case of conflict, the present specification, including definitions, will control. In addition, the materials, methods, and examples are illustrative only and not intended to be limiting.

[0029] Other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed description, and from the claims.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] The present invention provides methods and materials related to EEGs. Specifically, the invention provides isolated IEG nucleic acid, cells that contain isolated IEG nucleic acid, substantially pure polypeptides encoded by IEG nucleic acid, and antibodies having specific binding affinity for a polypeptide encoded by IEG nucleic acid. In addition, the invention provides cDNA libraries enriched for IEG cDNAs, isolated nucleic acid derived from such cDNA libraries, and methods for treating conditions related to a deficiency in a neuron's IEG responsiveness to a stimulus.

[0031] The present invention is based on the discovery of nucleic acid clones for many different neuronal IEGs. Specifically, nucleic acid clones for different neuronal IEGs were isolated and identified based on the ability of each IEG to rapidly increase expression upon seizure induction by a maximal electroconvulsive seizure (MECS) method (Cole et al., J. Neurochem. 55:1920-1927 (1990)). It is important to note that MECS induction can be considered a model to study long-term plasticity relevant to learning and memory since it is known that a single MECS can produce extremely robust and long lived potentiation of synaptic contacts in the hippocampus and block spatial learning (Barnes et al., J. Neurosci. 14:5793-5806 (1994)). Thus, MECS-responsive IEGs can influence neuronal activities involved in brain functions such as learning and memory. Moreover, the isolation and identification of IEG nucleic acid not only provides research scientists with information about neuronal activity and gene regulation but also provides methods and materials that can be used to manipulate brain function.

[0032] Each isolated IEG nucleic acid described herein can be used to produce a polypeptide. In addition, each IEG nucleic acid can be used to identify cells that are responsive to MECS induction. For example, an EEG nucleic acid can be labeled and used as a probe for in situ hybridization analysis. Clearly, having the ability to identify MECS-responsive cells provides one with the ability to isolate or monitor specific brain regions that are involved in learning. Further, any of the isolated partial IEG nucleic acid sequences can be used to obtain a full-length clone that encodes an IEG polypeptide. For example, a fragment from an isolated IEG nucleic acid can be radioactively labeled and used to screen a library such that a full-length clone is obtained.

[0033] Cells containing isolated IEG nucleic acid can be used to maintain or propagate the isolated IEG nucleic acid. In addition, such cells can be used to produce large quantities of polypeptides that are encoded by isolated IEG nucleic acid. Further, cells containing isolated IEG nucleic acid can be used to generate virus particles containing the isolated IEG nucleic acid. Such virus particles can be used in vitro or in vivo to provide other cells with the isolated IEG nucleic acid. The polypeptides encoded by IEG nucleic acid can be used as immunogens to produce antibodies. Such antibodies can be used to identify MECS-responsive cells, monitor the level of polypeptide expression following MECS induction, and isolate polypeptides directly from animal tissue.

[0034] cDNA libraries enriched for IEG cDNAs can be used to isolate novel IEG cDNA. Clearly, the isolation of novel IEG cDNAs is important to further the understanding of brain function. In addition, isolated nucleic acid derived from such cDNA libraries can be used to produce polypeptides as well as identify cells that are responsive to a stimulus such as MECS induction.

[0035] It is important to note that isolated IEG nucleic acid, cells containing isolated IEG nucleic acid, substantially pure IEG polypeptides, and anti-IEG polypeptide antibodies can be used to treat conditions associated with a deficiency in a neuron's ability to express IEGs in response to a stimulus such as MECS. A condition associated with a deficiency in a neuron's IEG responsiveness to a stimulus is any physiological condition characterized as having a lack of a normal level of responsiveness. For example, when a deficiency in a neuron's responsiveness to MECS is characterized as a non- or under-expression of a particular IEG polypeptide by that neuron, the organism having the condition can be treated with isolated IEG nucleic acid, cells containing isolated IEG nucleic acid, or substantially pure IEG polypeptides such that the effect of the deficiency is minimized. Alternatively, when a deficiency in a neuron's responsiveness to MECS is characterized as an over-expression of a particular IEG polypeptide by that neuron, the organism having the condition can be treated with anti-IEG polypeptide antibodies or the anti-sense strand of an isolated IEG nucleic acid such that the effect of the deficiency is minimized.

[0036] In addition, isolated IEG nucleic acid, cells containing isolated IEG nucleic acid, substantially pure IEG polypeptides, and anti-IEG polypeptide antibodies can be used to identify pharmaceutical compounds that can be used to treat diseases such as epilepsy, age-dependent memory decline, stroke, and drug addiction. For example, a compound that modulates IEG nucleic acid expression or IEG polypeptide activity can be identified by contacting a test compound with either the IEG nucleic acid or polypeptide, and determining whether the test compound effects expression or activity.

[0037] The term “nucleic acid” as used herein encompasses both RNA and DNA, including cDNA, genomic DNA, and synthetic (e.g., chemically synthesized) DNA. The nucleic acid can be double-stranded or single-stranded. Where single-stranded, the nucleic acid can be the sense strand or the antisense strand. In addition, nucleic acid can be circular or linear.

[0038] The term “isolated” as used herein with reference to nucleic acid refers to a naturally-occurring nucleic acid that is not immediately contiguous with both of the sequences with which it is immediately contiguous (one on the 5′ end and one on the 3′ end) in the naturally-occurring genome of the organism from which it is derived. For example, an isolated nucleic acid can be, without limitation, a recombinant DNA molecule of any length, provided one of the nucleic acid sequences normally found immediately flanking that recombinant DNA molecule in a naturally-occurring genome is removed or absent. Thus, an isolated nucleic acid includes, without limitation, a recombinant DNA that exists as a separate molecule (e.g., a cDNA or a genomic DNA fragment produced by PCR or restriction endonuclease treatment) independent of other sequences as well as recombinant DNA that is incorporated into a vector, an autonomously replicating plasmid, a virus (e.g., a retrovirus, adenovirus, or herpes virus), or into the genomic DNA of a prokaryote or eukaryote. In addition, an isolated nucleic acid can include a recombinant DNA molecule that is part of a hybrid or fusion nucleic acid sequence.

[0039] The term “isolated” also includes any non-naturally-occurring nucleic acid since non-naturally-occurring nucleic acid sequences are not found in nature and do not have immediately contiguous sequences in a naturally-occurring genome. For example, non-naturally-occurring nucleic acid such as an engineered nucleic acid is considered to be isolated nucleic acid. Engineered nucleic acid can be made using common molecular cloning or chemical nucleic acid synthesis techniques. Isolated non-naturally-occurring nucleic acid can be independent of other sequences, or incorporated into a vector, an autonomously replicating plasmid, a virus (e.g., a retrovirus, adenovirus, or herpes virus), or the genomic DNA of a prokaryote or eukaryote. In addition, a non-naturally-occurring nucleic acid can include a nucleic acid molecule that is part of a hybrid or fusion nucleic acid sequence.

[0040] It will be apparent to those of skill in the art that a nucleic acid existing among hundreds to millions of other nucleic acid molecules within, for example, cDNA or genomic libraries, or gel slices containing a genomic DNA restriction digest is not to be considered an isolated nucleic acid.

[0041] Any isolated nucleic acid having a nucleic acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, or 60 is within the scope of the invention. For convenience, these nucleic acid sequences will be referred to collectively as the IEG nucleic acid group. In addition, any isolated nucleic acid having a nucleic acid sequence at least about 60 percent identical (e.g., at least about 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, or 99 percent identical) to a sequence set forth in the IEG nucleic acid group is within the scope of the invention. For the purpose of this invention, the percent identity between a sequence set forth in the IEG nucleic acid group (designated a template sequence) and any other nucleic acid sequence is calculated as follows. First, the two nucleic acid sequences are aligned using the MEGALIGN® (DNASTAR, Madison, Wis., 1997) sequence alignment software following the Jotun Heim algorithm with the default settings. Second, the number of matched positions between the two aligned nucleic acid sequences is determined. A matched position refers to a position in which identical bases occur at the same position as aligned by the MEGALIGN® sequence alignment software. Third, the number of matched positions is divided by the total number of bases in the template sequence, and the resulting value multiplied by 100 to obtain the percent identity. If the obtained percent identity is greater than or equal to about 60 percent for a particular nucleic acid sequence, then that particular nucleic acid sequence is a nucleic acid sequence at least about 60 percent identical to a sequence set forth in the IEG nucleic acid group.

[0042] Any isolated nucleic acid having a nucleic acid sequence that encodes an amino acid sequence at least about 60 percent identical (e.g., at least about 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, or 99 percent identical) to the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:11, 21, 27, 30, 32, 36, 38, 48, 61, or 62 is within the scope of the invention. For convenience, the amino acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NO:11, 21, 27, 30, 32, 36, 38,48,61, and 62 will be referred to collectively as the IEG amino acid group. For the purpose of this invention, the percent identity between a sequence set forth in the IEG amino acid group (designated a template sequence) and any other amino acid sequence is calculated as follows. First, the two amino acid sequences are aligned using the MEGALIGN® (DNASTAR, Madison, Wis., 1997) sequence alignment software following the Jotun Heim algorithm with the default settings. Second, the number of matched positions between the two aligned amino acid sequences is determined. A matched position refers to a position in which identical residues occur at the same position as aligned by the MEGALIGN® sequence alignment software. Third, the number of matched positions is divided by the total number of amino acid residues in the template sequence, and the resulting value multiplied by 100 to obtain the percent identity. If the obtained percent identity is greater than or equal to about 60 percent for a particular amino acid sequence, then that particular amino acid sequence is an amino acid sequence at least about 60 percent identical to a sequence set forth in the IEG amino acid group.

[0043] Any isolated nucleic acid having a nucleic acid sequence that encodes an amino acid sequence at least five amino acids in length also is within the scope of the invention provided the encoded amino acid sequence has at least three different amino acid residues, and is identical to a contiguous portion of sequence set forth in a sequence within the IEG amino acid group.

[0044] Further, any isolated nucleic acid having at least one adenine base, at least one guanine base, at least one cytosine base, and at least one thymine or uracil base is within the scope of the invention provided the isolated nucleic acid is at least about 12 bases in length (e.g., at least about 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, or 60 bases in length), and hybridizes, under hybridization conditions, to the sense or antisense strand of a nucleic acid having a sequence as set forth in the IEG nucleic acid group. The hybridization conditions can be moderately or highly stringent hybridization conditions.

[0045] For the purpose of this invention, moderately stringent hybridization conditions mean the hybridization is performed at about 42° C. in a hybridization solution containing 25 mM KPO₄ (pH7.4), 5×SSC, 5× Denharts solution, 50 μg/ml denatured, sonicated salmon sperm DNA, 50% formamide, 10% Dextran sulfate, and 1-15 ng/ml probe (>5×10⁷ cpm/μg), while the washes are performed at about 50° C. with a wash solution containing 2×SSC and 0.1% SDS.

[0046] Highly stringent hybridization conditions mean the hybridization is performed at about 42° C. in a hybridization solution containing 25 mM KPO₄ (pH7.4), 5×SSC, 5× Denharts solution, 50 μg/ml denatured, sonicated salmon sperm DNA, 50% formamide, 10% Dextran sulfate, and 1-15 ng/ml probe (>5×10⁷ cpm/μg), while the washes are performed at about 65° C. with a wash solution containing 0.2×SSC and 0.1% SDS.

[0047] Nucleic acid within the scope of the invention can be identified and obtained using any method including, without limitation, common molecular cloning and chemical nucleic acid synthesis techniques. For example, PCR can be used to obtain a nucleic acid having a nucleic acid sequence at least about 60 percent identical (e.g., at least about 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, or, 99 percent identical) to a sequence set forth in the IEG nucleic acid. group. PCR refers to a procedure or technique in which target nucleic acid is amplified in a manner similar to that described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,683,195, and subsequent modifications of the procedure described therein. Generally, sequence information from the ends of the region of interest or beyond are used to design oligonucleotide primers that are identical or similar in sequence to opposite strands of a potential template to be amplified. Using PCR, a nucleic acid sequence can be amplified from RNA or DNA. For example, a nucleic acid sequence can be isolated by PCR amplification from total cellular RNA, total genomic DNA, and cDNA as well as from bacteriophage sequences, plasmid sequences, viral sequences, and the like. When using RNA as a source of template, reverse transcriptase can be used to synthesize complimentary DNA strands.

[0048] Nucleic acid within the scope of the invention also can be obtained by mutagenesis. For example, a nucleic acid sequence set forth in the IEG nucleic acid group can be mutated using common molecular cloning techniques (e.g., site-directed mutageneses). Possible mutations include, without limitation, deletions, insertions, and base substitutions, as well as combinations of deletions, insertions, and base substitutions.

[0049] In addition, nucleic acid and amino acid databases (e.g., GenBank®) can be used to identify and obtain a nucleic acid within the scope of the invention. For example, any nucleic acid sequence having some homology to a sequence set forth in the IEG nucleic acid group, or any amino acid sequence having some homology to a sequence set forth in the IEG amino acid group can be used as a query to search GenBank®.

[0050] Further, nucleic acid hybridization techniques can be used to identify and obtain a nucleic acid within the scope of the invention. Briefly, any nucleic acid having some homology to a sequence set forth in the IEG nucleic acid group, or fragment thereof, can be used as a probe to identify a similar nucleic acid by hybridization under conditions of moderate to high stringency. Such similar nucleic acid then can be isolated, sequenced, and analyzed to determine whether they are within the scope of the invention as described herein.

[0051] Hybridization can be done by Southern or Northern analysis to identify a DNA or RNA sequence, respectively, that hybridizes to a probe. The probe can be labeled with a radioisotope such as ³²P, an enzyme, digoxygenin, or by biotinylation. The DNA or RNA to be analyzed can be electrophoretically separated on an agarose or polyacrylamide gel, transferred to nitrocellulose, nylon, or other suitable membrane, and hybridized with the probe using standard techniques well known in the art such as those described in sections 7.39-7.52 of Sambrook et al., (1989) Molecular Cloning, second edition, Cold Spring harbor Laboratory, Plainview, N.Y. Typically, a probe is at least about 20 nucleotides in length. For example, a probe corresponding to a 20 nucleotide sequence set forth in the IEG amino acid group. can be used to identify a nucleic acid identical to or similar to a nucleic acid sequence set forth in the IEG nucleic acid group. In addition, probes longer or shorter than 20 nucleotides can be used.

[0052] Any cell containing an isolated nucleic acid within the scope of the invention is itself within the scope of the invention. This includes, without limitation, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. It is noted that cells containing an isolated nucleic acid of the invention are not required to express the isolated nucleic acid. In addition, the isolated nucleic acid can be integrated into the genome of the cell or maintained in an episomal state. In other words, cells can be stably or transiently transfected with an isolated nucleic acid of the invention.

[0053] Any method can be used to introduce an isolated nucleic acid into a cell. In fact, many methods for introducing nucleic acid into a cell, whether in vivo or in vitro, are well known to those skilled in the art. For example, calcium phosphate precipitation, electroporation, heat shock, lipofection, microinjection, and viral-mediated nucleic acid transfer are common methods that can be used to introduce nucleic acid into a cell. In addition, naked DNA can be delivered directly to cells in vivo as describe elsewhere (U.S. Pat. No. 5,580,859 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,589,466 including continuations thereof). Further, nucleic acid can be introduced into cells by generating transgenic animals.

[0054] Transgenic animals can be aquatic animals (such as fish, sharks, dolphin, and the like), farm animals (such as pigs, goats, sheep, cows, horses, rabbits, and the like), rodents (such as rats, guinea pigs, and mice), non-human primates (such as baboon, monkeys, and chimpanzees), and domestic animals (such as dogs and cats). Several techniques known in the art can be used to introduce nucleic acid into animals to produce the founder lines of transgenic animals. Such techniques include, without limitation, pronuclear microinjection (U.S. Pat. No. 4,873,191); retrovirus mediated gene transfer into germ lines (Van der Putten et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA, 82:6148-6152 (1985)); gene transfection into embryonic stem cells (Gossler A et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 83:9065-9069 (1986)); gene targeting into embryonic stem cells (Thompson et al., Cell, 56:313-321 (1989)); nuclear transfer of somatic nuclei (Schnieke A E et al., Science 278:2130-2133 (1997)); and electroporation of embryos.

[0055] For a review of techniques that can be used to generate and assess transgenic animals, skilled artisans can consult Gordon (Intl. Rev. Cytol., 115:171-229 (1989)), and may obtain additional guidance from, for example: Hogan et al., “Manipulating the Mouse Embryo” Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (1986); Krimpenfort et al., Bio/Technology, 9:844-847 (1991); Palmiter et al., Cell, 41:343-345 (1985); Kraemer et al., “Genetic Manipulation of the Early Mammalian Embryo” Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.(1985); Hammer et al., Nature, 315:680-683 (1985); Purscel et al., Science, 244:1281-1288 (1986); Wagner et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,175,385; and Krimpenfort et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,175,384.

[0056] Any method can be used to identify cells that contain an isolated nucleic acid within the scope of the invention. For example, PCR and nucleic acid hybridization techniques such as Northern and Southern analysis can be used. In some cases, immunohistochemistry and biochemical techniques can be used to determine if a cell contains a particular nucleic acid by detecting the expression of a polypeptide encoded by that particular nucleic acid. For example, detection of polypeptide X-immunoreactivity after introduction of an isolated nucleic acid containing a cDNA that encodes polypeptide X into a cell that does not normally express polypeptide X can indicate that that cell not only contains the introduced nucleic acid but also expresses the encoded polypeptide X from that introduced nucleic acid. In this case, the detection of any enzymatic activities of polypeptide X also can indicate that that cell contains the introduced nucleic acid and expresses the encoded polypeptide X from that introduced nucleic acid.

[0057] In addition, any method can be used to force a cell to express an encoded amino acid sequence from a nucleic acid. Such methods are well known to those skilled in the art, and include, without limitation, constructing a nucleic acid such that a regulatory element drives the expression of a nucleic acid sequence that encodes a polypeptide. Typically, regulatory elements are DNA sequences that regulate the expression of other DNA sequences at the level of transcription. Such regulatory elements include, without limitation, promoters, enhancers, and the like. Further, any methods can be used to identifying cells that express an amino acid sequence from a nucleic acid. Such methods are well known to those skilled in the art, and include, without limitation, immunocytochemistry, Northern analysis, and RT-PCR.

[0058] The term “substantially pure” as used herein with reference to a polypeptide means the polypeptide is substantially free of other polypeptides, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acid with which it is naturally associated. Thus, a substantially pure polypeptide is any polypeptide that is removed from its natural environment and is at least 60 percent free, preferably 75 percent free, and most preferably 90 percent free from other components with which it is naturally associated. Typically, a substantially pure polypeptide will yield a single major band on a non-reducing polyacrylamide gel.

[0059] Any substantially pure polypeptide having an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid within the scope of the invention is itself within the scope of the invention. In addition, any substantially pure polypeptide having an amino acid sequence at least about 60 percent (e.g., at least about 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, or 99 percent) identical to a sequence set forth in the IEG amino acid group is within the scope of the invention. The percent identity between particular amino acid sequences is determined as described herein.

[0060] Any method can be used to obtain a substantially pure polypeptide. For example, one skilled in the art can use common polypeptide purification techniques such as affinity chromotography and HPLC as well as polypeptide synthesis techniques. In addition, any material can be used as a source to obtain a substantially pure polypeptide. For example, tissue from wild-type or transgenic animals can be used as a source material. In addition, tissue culture cells engineered to overexpress a particular polypeptide of interest can be used to obtain substantially pure polypeptide. Further, a polypeptide within the scope of the invention can be “engineered” to contain an amino acid sequence that allows the polypeptide to be captured onto an affinity matrix. For example, a tag such as c-myc, hemagglutinin, polyhistidine, or Flag® tag (Kodak) can be used to aid polypeptide purification. Such tags can be inserted anywhere within the polypeptide including at either the carboxyl or amino termini. Other fusions that could be useful include enzymes that aid in the detection of the polypeptide, such as alkaline phosphatase.

[0061] The term “antibody” as used herein refers to intact antibodies as well as antibody fragments that retain some ability to selectively bind an epitope. Such fragments include, without limitation, Fab, F(ab′)2, and Fv antibody fragments. The term “epitope” refers to an antigenic determinant on an antigen to which the paratope of an antibody binds. Epitopic determinants usually consist of chemically active surface groupings of molecules (e.g., amino acid or sugar residues) and usually have specific three dimensional structural characteristics as well as specific charge characteristics.

[0062] Any antibody having specific binding affinity for an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid within the scope of the invention is itself within the scope of the invention. Thus, any monoclonal or polyclonal antibody having specific binding affinity for an amino acid sequence set forth in the IEG amino acid group is within the scope of the invention. Such antibodies can be used in immunoassays in liquid phase or bound to a solid phase. For example, the antibodies of the invention can be used in competitive and non-competitive immunoassays in either a direct or indirect format. Examples of such immunoassays include the radioimmunoassay (RIA) and the sandwich (immunometric) assay.

[0063] Antibodies within the scope of the invention can be prepared using any method. For example, any substantially pure polypeptide provided herein, or fragment thereof, can be used as an immunogen to elicit an immune response in an animal such that specific antibodies are produced. Thus, an intact full-length polypeptide or fragments containing small peptides can be used as an immunizing antigen. In addition, the immunogen used to immunize an animal can be chemically synthesized or derived from translated cDNA. Further, the immunogen can be conjugated to a carrier polypeptide, if desired. Commonly used carriers that are chemically coupled to an immunizing polypeptide include, without limitation, keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), thyroglobulin, bovine serum albumin (BSA), and tetanus toxoid.

[0064] The preparation of polyclonal antibodies is well-known to those skilled in the art. See, e.g., Green et al., Production of Polyclonal Antisera, in IMMUOCHEMICAL PROTOCOLS (Manson, ed.), pages 1-5 (Humana Press 1992) and Coligan et al., Production of Polyclonal Antisera in Rabbits, Rats, Mice and Hamsters, in CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN IMMUNOLOGY, section 2.4.1 (1992). In addition, those of skill in the art will know of various techniques common in the immunology arts for purification and concentration of polyclonal antibodies, as well as monoclonal antibodies (Coligan, et al., Unit 9, Current Protocols in Immunology, Wiley Interscience, 1994).

[0065] The preparation of monoclonal antibodies also is well-known to those skilled in the art. See, e.g., Kohler & Milstein, Nature 256:495 (1975); Coligan et al., sections 2.5.1-2.6.7; and Harlow et al., ANTIBODIES: A LABORATORY MANUAL, page 726 (Cold Spring Harbor Pub. 1988). Briefly, monoclonal antibodies can be obtained by injecting mice with a composition comprising an antigen, verifying the presence of antibody production by analyzing a serum sample, removing the spleen to obtain B lymphocytes, fusing the B lymphocytes with myeloma cells to produce hybridomas, cloning the hybridomas, selecting positive clones that produce antibodies to the antigen, and isolating the antibodies from the hybridoma cultures. Monoclonal antibodies can be isolated and purified from hybridoma cultures by a variety of well-established techniques. Such isolation techniques include affinity chromatography with Protein-A Sepharose, size-exclusion chromatography, and ion-exchange chromatography. See, e.g., Coligan et al. , sections 2.7.1-2.7.12 and sections 2.9.1-2.9.3; Barnes et al., Purification of Immunoglobulin G (IgG), in METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, VOL. 10, pages 79-104 (Humana Press 1992).

[0066] In addition, methods of in vitro and in vivo multiplication of monoclonal antibodies is well-known to those skilled in the art. Multiplication in vitro can be carried out in suitable culture media such as Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium or RPMI 1640 medium, optionally replenished by mammalian serum such as fetal calf serum, or trace elements and growth-sustaining supplements such as normal mouse peritoneal exudate cells, spleen cells, and bone marrow macrophages. Production in vitro provides relatively pure antibody preparations and allows scale-up to yield large amounts of the desired antibodies. Large scale hybridoma cultivation can be carried out by homogenous suspension culture in an airlift reactor, in a continuous stirrer reactor, or in immobilized or entrapped cell culture. Multiplication in vivo may be carried out by injecting cell clones into mammals histocompatible with the parent cells. (e.g., osyngeneic mice) to cause growth of antibody-producing tumors. Optionally, the animals are primed with a hydrocarbon, especially oils such as pristane (tetramethylpentadecane) prior to injection. After one to three weeks, the desired monoclonal antibody is recovered from the body fluid of the animal.

[0067] The antibodies within the scope of the invention also can be made using non-human primates. General techniques for raising therapeutically useful antibodies in baboons can be found, for example, in Goldenberg et al., International Patent Publication WO 91/11465 (1991) and Losman et al., Int. J. Cancer 46:310 (1990).

[0068] Alternatively, the antibodies can be “humanized” monoclonal antibodies. Humanized monoclonal antibodies are produced by transferring mouse complementarity determining regions (CDRs) from heavy and light variable chains of the mouse immunoglobulin into a human variable domain, and then substituting human residues in the framework regions of the murine counterparts. The use of antibody components derived from humanized monoclonal antibodies obviates potential problems associated with the immunogenicity of murine constant regions when treating humans. General techniques for cloning murine immunoglobulin variable domains are described, for example, by Orlandi et al., Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA 86:3833 (1989). Techniques for producing humanized monoclonal antibodies are described, for example, by Jones et al., Nature 321:522 (1986); Riechmann et al., Nature 332:323 (1988); Verhoeyen et al., Science 239:1534 (1988); Carter et al., Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA 89:4285 (1992); Sandhu, Crit. Rev. Biotech. 12:437 (1992); and Singer et al., J. Immunol. 150:2844 (1993).

[0069] Antibodies of the present invention also may be derived from human antibody fragments isolated from a combinatorial immunoglobulin library. See, for example, Barbas et al., METHODS: A COMPANION TO METHODS IN ENZYMOLOGY, VOL. 2, page 119 (1991) and Winter et al., Ann. Rev. Immunol. 12: 433 (1994). Cloning and expression vectors that are useful for producing a human immunoglobulin phage library can be obtained, for example, from STRATAGENE Cloning Systems (La Jolla, Calif.).

[0070] In addition, antibodies of the present invention may be derived from a human monoclonal antibody. Such antibodies are obtained from transgenic mice that have been “engineered” to produce specific human antibodies in response to antigenic challenge. In this technique, elements of the human heavy and light chain loci are introduced into strains of mice derived from embryonic stem cell lines that contain targeted disruptions of the endogenous heavy and light chain loci. The transgenic mice can synthesize human antibodies specific for human antigens and can be used to produce human antibody-secreting hybridomas. Methods for obtaining human antibodies from transgenic mice are described by Green et al., Nature Genet. 7:13 (1994); Lonberg et al., Nature 368:856 (1994); and Taylor et al., Int. Immunol. 6:579 (1994).

[0071] Antibody fragments of the present invention can be prepared by proteolytic hydrolysis of an intact antibody or by the expression of a nucleic acid encoding the fragment. Antibody fragments can be obtained by pepsin or papain digestion of intact antibodies by conventional methods. For example, antibody fragments can be produced by enzymatic cleavage of antibodies with pepsin to provide a 5S fragment denoted F(ab′)₂. This fragment can be further cleaved using a thiol reducing agent, and optionally a blocking group for the sulfhydryl groups resulting from cleavage of disulfide linkages, to produce 3.5S Fab′ monovalent fragments. Alternatively, an enzymatic cleavage using pepsin produces two monovalent Fab′ fragments and an Fc fragment directly. These methods are described, for example, by Goldenberg (U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,036,945 and 4,331,647). See also Nisonhoff et al., Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 89:230 (1960); Porter, Biochem. J. 73:119 (1959); Edelman et al., METHODS IN ENZYMOLOGY, VOL. 1, page 422 (Academic Press 1967); and Coligan et al. at sections 2.8.1-2.8.10 and 2.10.1-2.10.4.

[0072] Other methods of cleaving antibodies, such as separation of heavy chains to form monovalent light-heavy chain fragments, further cleavage of fragments, or other enzymatic, chemical, or genetic techniques may also be used provided the fragments retain some ability to selectively bind its epitope.

[0073] For example, Fv fragments comprise an association of V_(H) and V_(L) chains. This association may be noncovalent, as described in Inbar et al., Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA 69:2659 (1972). Alternatively, the variable chains can be linked by an intermolecular disulfide bond or cross-linked by chemicals such as glutaraldehyde. See, e.g., Sandhu, supra. Preferably, the Fv fragments comprise V_(H) and V_(L) chains connected by a peptide linker. These single-chain antigen binding polypeptides (sFv) are prepared by constructing a nucleic acid construct encoding the V_(H) and V_(L) domains connected by an oligonucleotide. This nucleic acid construct is inserted into an expression vector, which is subsequently introduced into a host cell such as E. coli. The recombinant host cells synthesize a single polypeptide chain with a linker peptide bridging the two V domains. Methods for producing sFvs are described, for example, by Whitlow et al., METHODS: A COMPANION TO METHODS IN ENZYMOLOGY, VOL. 2, page 97 (1991); Bird et al., Science 242:423-426 (1988); Ladner et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,946,778; Pack et al., Bio/Technology 11:1271-77 (1993); and Sandhu, supra.

[0074] Another form of an antibody fragment is a peptide coding for a single CDR. CDR peptides (“minimal recognition units”) can be obtained by constructing nucleic acid constructs that encode the CDR of an antibody of interest. Such constructs are prepared, for example, by using PCR to synthesize the variable region from RNA of antibody-producing cells. See, e.g., Larrick et al., METHODS: A COMPANION TO METHODS IN ENZYMOLOGY, VOL. 2, page 106 (1991).

[0075] It is also possible to use anti-idiotype technology to produce monoclonal antibodies that mimic an epitope. For example, an anti-idiotypic monoclonal antibody made to a first monoclonal antibody will have a binding domain in the hypervariable region that is the “image” of the epitope bound by the first monoclonal antibody. Such anti-idiotypic monoclonal antibodies can be used to inhibit the activity of the polypeptide containing the original epitope.

[0076] The invention also provides cDNA libraries enriched for IEGs. As described herein, such cDNA libraries contain an increased frequency of cDNAs derived from IEGs. Specifically, about 15 percent (e.g., about 20 or 25 percent) of the cDNA clones within the cDNA libraries provided herein are derived from IEGs.

[0077] A cDNA library within the scope of the invention can be prepared from any tissue containing cells that express an IEG (e.g., hippocampus tissue). Again, an IEG is a gene whose expression is rapidly increased immediately following a stimulus. The stimulus can be electrical or chemical in nature. For example, cells can be treated with electric shock or chemicals such as kainate. Briefly, cDNA libraries are prepared from the hippocampus of control animals (e.g., rats) as well as from animals that receive a stimulus (e.g., multiple MECS) using, for example, a phage vector lambda ZAP II (Stratagene). A subtracted library is then prepared using in vitro mRNA prepared from a control library and subsequent solution phase hybridization with cDNA prepared from a stimulated library. The control in vitro mRNA can be tagged with biotin to permit its removal from solution using avidin beads (Lanahan et al., Mol. Cell. Biol. 12:3919-3929 (1992)). cDNA that remains after removal of mRNA/cDNA hybrids can be recloned into, for example, a lambda ZAPII phage vector. Several rounds of subtraction (e.g., two, three, four, or five rounds) can be used to increase the frequency of IEGs. The subtracted library then can be plated and duplicate phage lifts screened with a radiolabeled cDNA probe. Any probe can be used provided it contains at least one nucleic acid sequence derived from an IEG. For example, a probe can be prepared from mRNA obtained from the hippocampus of a stimulated animal. In addition, the mRNA used to make a probe can be subjected to subtractive hybridization such that IEG sequences are enriched. In general, conventional cDNA libraries contain IEGs at a frequency of<1:30,000 cDNAs. For the cDNA libraries enriched for IEGs, however, about 1 in 5 genes can be induced by a stimulus such as MECS. This represents an about 1000 to 10,000 fold enrichment in brain IEGs.

[0078] An animal (e.g., human) having a deficiency in a neuron's IEG responsiveness to a stimulus (e.g., a stimulus that influences learning or memory) can be treated using the methods and materials described herein. A stimulus that influences learning or memory can be a multiple MECS treatment. A deficiency in a neuron's IEG responsiveness to a stimulus means the level of IEG responsiveness is not normal. Such deficiencies can be identified by stimulating a sample of cells and measuring the levels of IEG expression. If the levels are not similar to the levels normally observed in a similar tissue sample, then there is a deficiency. It is noted that increased IEG expression as well as decreased IEG expression can be classified as a deficiency provided the levels are not normal.

[0079] A deficiency in a neuron's IEG responsiveness to a stimulus can be treated by administering a nucleic acid of the invention to the animal such that the effect of the deficiency is minimized. The administration can be an in vivo, in vitro, or ex vivo administration as described herein. For example, an in vivo administration can involve administering a viral vector to the hippocampal region of an animal, while an ex vivo administration can involve extracting cells from an animal, transfecting the cells with the nucleic acid in tissue culture, and then introducing the transfected cells back into the same animal.

[0080] In addition, a deficiency in a neuron's IEG responsiveness to a stimulus can be treated by administering a therapeutically effective amount cells containing isolated IEG nucleic acid, substantially pure IEG polypeptides, anti-IEG polypeptide antibodies, or combinations thereof. A therapeutically effective amount is any amount that minimizes the effect of the deficiency while not causing significant toxicity to the animal. Such an amount can be determined by assessing the clinical symptoms associated with the deficiency before and after administering a fixed amount of cells, polypeptides, or antibodies. In addition, the effective amount administered to an animal can be adjusted according to the animal's response and desired outcomes. Significant toxicity can vary for each particular patient and depends on multiple factors including, without limitation, the patient's physical and mental state, age, and tolerance to pain. The cells, polypeptides, or antibodies can be administered to any part of the animal's body including, without limitation, brain, spinal cord, blood stream, muscle tissue, skin, peritoneal cavity, and the like. Thus, these therapeutic agents can be administered by injection (e.g., intravenous, intraperitoneal, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intracavity, or transdermal injection) or by gradual perfusion over time.

[0081] Preparations for administration can include sterile aqueous or non-aqueous solutions, suspensions, and emulsions. Examples of non-aqueous solvents are propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, vegetable oils such as olive oil, and injectable organic esters such as ethyl oleate. Aqueous carriers include water, alcoholic/aqueous solutions, emulsions or suspensions, including saline and buffered media. Other vehicles for adminstration include sodium chloride solution, Ringer's dextrose, dextrose and sodium chloride, lactated Ringer's intravenous vehicles containing fluid and nutrient replenishers, electrolyte replenishers (such as those based on Ringer's dextrose), and the like. Preservatives and other additives may also be present such as, for example, antimicrobials, anti-oxidants, chelating agents, and inert gases and the like.

[0082] Further, a deficiency in a neuron's IEG responsiveness to a stimulus can be treated by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound that directly interferes with the translation of IEG nucleic acid. For example, antisense nucleic acid or ribozymes could be used to bind to IEG mRNA or to cleave it. Antisense RNA or DNA molecules bind specifically with a targeted RNA message, interrupting the expression of the mRNA product. The antisense binds to the messenger RNA forming a double stranded molecule that cannot be translated by the cell. Typically, an antisense oligonucleotides is about 15-25 nucleotides in length. In addition, chemically reactive groups, such as iron-linked ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA-Fe), can be attached to an antisense oligonucleotide, causing cleavage of the mRNA at the site of hybridization. These and other uses of antisense methods to inhibit the translation of nucleic acid are well known in the art (Marcus-Sakura, Anal. Biochem., 172:289 (1988)).

[0083] An oligonucleotide also can be used to stall transcription winding around double-helical DNA and forming a three-strand helix (Maher, et al., Antisense Res. and Dev., 1:227 (1991) and Helene, Anticancer Drug Design, 6:569 (1991)).

[0084] Ribozymes are RNA molecules possessing the ability to specifically cleave other single-stranded RNA in a manner analogous to DNA restriction endonucleases. By modifying nucleic acid sequences that encode ribozymes, it is possible to engineer molecules that recognize specific nucleotide sequences in an RNA molecule and cleave it (Cech, J. Amer. Med. Assn., 260:3030 (1988)). There are two basic types of ribozymes namely, tetrahymena-type (Hasselhoff, Nature, 334:585 (1988)) and “hammerhead”-type. Tetrahymena-type ribozymes recognize sequences that are four bases in length, while “hammerhead”-type ribozymes recognize sequences 11-18 bases in length. The longer the recognition sequence, the greater the likelihood that the sequence will occur exclusively in the target mRNA species. Consequently, “hammerhead”-type ribozymes are preferable to tetrahymena-type ribozymes for inactivating a specific mRNA species. In addition, 18-based recognition sequences are preferable to shorter recognition sequences. These and other uses of antisense methods to inhibit the in vivo translation of nucleic acid are well known in the art (DeMesmaeker et al., Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 5:343-355 (1995); Gewirtz et al., Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 93:3161-3163 (1996); and Stein, Chem. Biol. 3:319-323 (1996)).

[0085] Delivery of nucleic acid, antisense, triplex agents, and ribozymes can be achieved using a recombinant expression vector such as a chimeric virus or a colloidal dispersion system. Various viral vectors that can be utilized for gene therapy include adenoviruses, herpesviruses, vaccinia viruses, and retroviruses. A retroviral vector can be a derivative of a murine or avian retrovirus. Examples of retroviral vectors in which a single foreign gene can be inserted include, but are not limited to: Moloney murine leukemia virus (MoMuLV), Harvey murine sarcoma virus (HaMuSV), murine mammary tumor virus (MuMTV), and Rous Sarcoma Virus (RSV). A number of additional retroviral vectors can incorporate multiple genes. All of these vectors can transfer or incorporate a gene for a selectable marker so that transduced cells can be identified and generated. In addition, a nucleic acid sequence of interest along with another nucleic acid sequence that encodes a ligand for a receptor on a specific target cell can be inserted into a viral vector to produce a vector that is target specific. For example, retroviral vectors can be made target specific by inserting a nucleic acid sequence that encodes an antibody that binds a specific target antigen. Those of skill in the art can readily ascertain without undue experimentation specific nucleic acid sequences that can be inserted into a retroviral genome to allow target specific delivery of the retroviral vector containing the nucleic acid of the invention.

[0086] A colloidal dispersion system can be used to target the delivery of the nucleic acid of the invention. Colloidal dispersion systems include macromolecule complexes, nanocapsules, microspheres, beads, and lipid-based systems including oil-in-water emulsions, micelles, mixed micelles, and liposomes. Liposomes are artificial membrane vesicles that are useful as delivery vehicles in vitro and in vivo. It has been shown that large unilamellar vesicles (LUV) that range in size from 0.2-4.0 μm can encapsulate a substantial percentage of an aqueous buffer containing large macromolecules. Thus, nucleic acid, intact virions, polypeptides, and antibodies can be encapsulated within the aqueous interior and be delivered to cells in a biologically active form (Fraley et al., Trends Biochem. Sci., 6:77 (1981)). In addition to mammalian cells, liposomes have been used to deliver nucleic acid to plants, yeast, and bacteria. In order for a liposome to be an efficient nucleic acid transfer vehicle, the following characteristics should be present: (1) encapsulation of the nucleic acid of interest at high efficiency while not compromising its biological activity; (2) preferential and substantial binding to a target cell in comparison to non-target cells; (3) delivery of the aqueous contents of the vesicle to the target cell cytoplasm at high efficiency; and (4) accurate and effective expression of the nucleic acid (Mannino et al., Biotechniques, 6:682 (1988).

[0087] The composition of a liposome is usually a combination of phospholipids, particularly high-phase-transition-temperature phospholipids, usually in combination with steroids, especially cholesterol. Other phospholipids or other lipids also can be used. The physical characteristics of liposomes depend on pH, ionic strength, and the presence of divalent cations.

[0088] Examples of lipids useful in liposome production include phosphatidyl compounds, such as phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylethanolamine, sphingolipids, cerebrosides, and gangliosides. Particularly useful are diacylphosphatidylglycerols, where the lipid moiety contains from 14-18 carbon atoms, particularly from 16-18 carbon atoms, and is saturated. Illustrative phospholipids include egg phosphatidylcholine, dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine, and distearoylphosphatidylcholine.

[0089] The surface of the targeted delivery system may be modified in a variety of ways. In the case of a liposomal targeted delivery system, lipid groups can be incorporated into the lipid bilayer of the liposome in order to maintain the targeting ligand in stable association with the liposomal bilayer. Various linking groups can be used for joining the lipid chains to the targeting ligand. In general, the compounds bound to the surface of the targeted delivery system will be ligands and receptors that allow the targeted delivery system to find and “home in” on the desired cells. A ligand may be any compound of interest that will bind to another compound, such as a receptor or antibody.

[0090] Compounds that modulate IEG expression can be identified by contacting a test compound with an IEG nucleic acid, and determining whether the test compound effects expression. Likewise, compounds that modulate IEG polypeptide activity can be identified by contacting a test compound with an IEG polypeptide, and determining whether the test compound effects polypeptide activity. Contacting includes in solution and in solid phase, or in a cell. Any type of compound can be used as a test compound including, without limitation, peptides, peptidomimetics, polypeptides, chemical compounds, and biologic agents. In addition, the test compound can be a combinatorial library for screening a plurality of compounds. Compounds identified using the method of the invention can be further evaluated, detected, cloned, sequenced, and the like, either in solution or after binding to a solid support, by any method usually applied to the detection of a specific DNA sequence such as PCR, oligomer restriction (Saiki, et al., Bio/Technology, 3:1008-1012, 1985), allele-specific oligonucleotide (ASO) probe analysis (Conner, et al., Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. USA, 80:278 (1983), oligonucleotide ligation assays (OLAs; Landegren, et al., Science, 241:1077 (1988), and the like.

[0091] The invention will be further described in the following examples, which do not limit the scope of the invention described in the claims.

EXAMPLES Example 1 Construction of Subtracted cDNA Libraries

[0092] The mRNA used to prepare the cDNA libraries was obtained from the hippocampus of adult rats (male or female). Briefly, the hippocampus was dissected from naive or stimulated rats, and rapidly frozen in liquid nitrogen. The stimulation protocol used to stimulate the rats was as follows. Rats were injected intraperitoneally with 50 mg of the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide (50 mg/ml stock in 50% ethanol) per kilogram of body weight 15 minutes prior to initiating repetitions of maximal electroconvulsive seizure (MECS). MECS was induced by passage of a constant current signal by means of an ECT unit (Ugo, Basil). The current signal lasted one second with a frequency of 100 Hz. Each pulse lasted 0.5 milliseconds, and the current was 90 milliamperes. This stimulus caused brief loss of consciousness and a tonic-clonic seizure lasting 30 seconds to one minute. MECS was administered about every 15 minutes for a total of 13 administrations over the course of 2.5 to 3 hours. Thirty (30) minutes after the last MECS, the rats were sacrificed by decapitation.

[0093] To collect total RNA, the tissue was homogenized in 4M guanidinium thiocynate using a polytron and then centrifuged through a CsCl cushion. To isolate polyA⁺ RNA, the resulting total RNA was chromatographed on oligo(dT) columns using a commercial oligo(dT) resin and purification protocol (Fastback, Invitrogen). About 50 naive (control) and 50 stimulated rats were used to generate the polyA⁺ mRNA needed to make the cDNA libraries and perform the Northern blot analysis.

[0094] A nonsubtracted cDNA library was made using polyA⁺ RNA isolated from rats subjected to MECS. Briefly, cDNA was synthesized and cloned directionally into the Lambda ZAP vector yielding a library containing 3.6×10⁶ recombinants. This library was designated the 3 hr MECS/CHX library. Differential screening of the 3 hr MECS/CHX library with control and stimulated rat hippocampal cDNA probes yielded several novel IEGs. Analysis of these IEGs revealed that they were relatively abundant.

[0095] The 3 hr MECS/CHX library was used as starting material for preparing a subtracted cDNA library highly enriched for IEGs. A subtracted cDNA library highly enriched for IEGs can allow for the detection of lower abundance novel IEGs. To make a subtracted cDNA library, DNA template was prepared from the 3 hr MECS/CHX library as follows.

[0096] The 3 hr MECS/CHX library was amplified and plated on 15 cm NZCYM agarose plates at a density of about 50,000 phage/plate. A total of 1.85×10⁶ phage were plated on a total of 37 plates. The plates were overlaid with Suspension Media (SM) and the phage particles eluted by swirling at 4° C. overnight. The lysate was collected, and chloroform added to a final concentration of 5%. The lysate was clarified by centrifugation, and the phage containing supernatant collected and stored at 4° C. A 300 ml aliquot of the lysate was treated with RNaseA (final concentration of 1 μg/μl) and DNase I (final concentration of 1 μg/μl) for three hours at 37° C. Polyethylene glycol (PEG 6000) was added to a concentration of 10%, and NaCl added to a concentration of 1 M. After mixing well, the lysate was stored at 4° C. overnight to allow phage particles to precipitate. Phage particles were pelleted by centrifugation, resuspended in 20 ml of SM, and stored at 4° C. Phage particles were lysed by adding EDTA to a concentration of 10 mM and SDS to a concentration of 0.2% followed by a 20 minute incubation at 68° C. Polypeptides were removed by two extractions with phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol (50:48:2) followed by two extractions with chloroform/isoamyl alcohol (24:1). The phage DNA contained within 40 ml of lysate was precipitated by adding {fraction (1/10)}th volume of 3M NaOAc (pH 5.2) followed by the addition of 2 volumes of 100% ethanol. After mixing, the solution was incubated at −20° C. overnight. DNA was pelleted by centrifugation, resuspended in 10 mM Tris, 1 mM EDTA pH 7.5 (TE), and reprecipitated overnight. After this second precipitation, the DNA was pelleted by centrifugation and resuspended in 12 ml of 10 mM Tris (pH 7.5), 5 mM EDTA, 300 mM NaCl. To remove residual RNA, RNase A (final concentration of 50 μg/ml) was added followed by incubation at 37° C. for 1 hour. To remove RNase A, SDS (final concentration of 0.5%) and then Proteinase K (final concentration of 50 μg/ml) was added followed incubation at 37° C. for 1 hour. The DNA lysate was extracted twice with phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol (50:48:2) followed by one extraction with chloroform/isoamyl alcohol (24:1). After this extraction, the DNA lysate was dialyzed against 12 liters of TE for 2 days at 4° C. The 300 ml aliquot of phage lysate yielded 7254 μg of phage DNA. This phage DNA was then used to prepare in vitro polyA⁺ RNA (cRNA).

[0097] To prepare in vitro cRNA, the phage DNA template was linearized at the 3′ end of the cDNA insert using the restriction enzyme XhoI. Briefly, 1 mg of phage DNA was digested with 1000 U of XhoI for three hours at 37° C. After the three hour incubation, an additional 1000 U of XhoI was added and the 37° C. incubation continued an additional three hours. XhoI was removed by adding SDS to 0.5% and Proteinase K to 50 μg/ml followed by incubation at 37° C. for one hour. Polypeptides were removed by three extractions with phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol (50:48:2) followed by one extraction with chloroform/isoamyl alcohol (24:1). The DNA was precipitated with {fraction (1/10)}th volume 3M NaOAc (pH 5.2) and 2 volumes 100% ethanol. The DNA was pelleted by centrifugation and resuspended in 500 μl TE (1.58 mg/ml final DNA concentration).

[0098] This linearized DNA was used as template to prepare in vitro cRNA from the sense strand of the cDNA inserts. This cRNA is representative of the initial in vivo population of RNA in the MECS/cycloheximide treated rat hippocampus. Forty (40) μg of DNA template was incubated with 40 mM Tris (pH 7.5), 6 mM MgCl₂, 2 mM spermidine, 10 mM NaCl, 10 mM DTT, 1 U/μl RNasin, 500 μM ATP, 500 μM CTP, 500 μM GTP, 500 μM UTP, and 2 U/μl T3 RNA polymerase in a final volume of 300 μl for two hours at 40° C. After two hours, an additional 2 U/μl of T3 RNA polymerase was added, and the reaction incubated for an additional two hours at 37° C. for a total time of four hours. The DNA template was removed by adding DNaseI (2 U/μg of template) and incubating the mixture at 37° C. for an hour. Polypeptides were removed by two extractions with phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol (50:48:2) followed by one extraction with chloroform/isoamyl alcohol (24:1). The cRNA was precipitated at 20° C. with one half volume 7.5 M NH₄OAc and 2 volumes 100% ethanol. The cRNA was pelleted and resuspended in TE. The cRNA was chromatographed on sephadex G-50 columns (NICK columns; Pharmacia) to remove free nucleotides and the concentration of cRNA determined by UV absorbance at 260 A. Thirty (30) μg of DNA template yielded 68.6 μg of cRNA. The cRNA was either stored frozen at −20° C. or precipitated with {fraction (1/10)}th volume 2 M KOAc (pH 5) and 2 volumes 100% ethanol. The 68.6 μg of cRNA was further purified using oligo(dT) column chromotography to select polyA⁺ cRNA. The cRNA was bound to oligo(dT) under high salt conditions, rinsed with low salt conditions, and eluted with TE (pH 7.5). This eluted cRNA was again passed over an oligo(dT) column under high salt conditions, rinsed with low salt conditions, and the polyA⁺ cRNA eluted with TE (pH 7.5). The two passes on oligo(dT) cellulose yielded 34.2 μg of polyA⁺ cRNA. This polyA⁺ cRNA was then used as template for synthesis of first strand cDNA that was then subtracted against control brain and liver polyA⁺ RNA.

[0099] Two cDNA synthesis reactions were performed to prepare first strand cDNA from the polyA⁺ cRNA. One involved using 2 μg of cRNA with a small amount of ³²P-dCTP to allow for the analysis of subtraction efficiency, and the other involved using 5 μg of cRNA with no radioactive dNTPs. The radioactive cDNA synthesis reaction was as follows. First, 2 μl cRNA (1 μg/μl in TE), 1 μl Xho(dT) primer (1.4 μg/μl), and 8 μl water was combined, and the mixture was incubated at 70° C. for ten minutes, quickly spun, and placed on ice. Second, 1 μl RNasin (40 U/μl), 5 μl 5× Reaction Buffer (BRL), 2.5 μl 0.1M DTT, 1.5 μl dNTP mix, and 2 μl ³²P dCTP (3000 Ci/mmole) was added, and the mixture was incubated at room temperature for ten minutes. The dNTP mix contained 10 mM of each dATP, dGTP, and dTTP as well as 5 mM of methyl dCTP. After incubation, 2 μl of Superscript/MMLV RT mix (1:1) was added, and the mixture (25 μl total volume) was incubated at room temperature for five minutes followed by a 90 minute incubation at 40° C. The nonradioactive cDNA synthesis reaction was as follows. First, 5 μl cRNA (1 μg/μl in TE), 2 μl Xho(dT) primer (1.4 μg/μl), and 3 μl water was combined, and the mixture was incubated at 70° C. for ten minutes, quickly spun, and placed on ice. Second, 1 μl RNasin (40 U/μl), 5 μl 5× Reaction Buffer (BRL), 2.5 μl 0.1M DTT, and 1.5 μl dNTP mix was added, and the mixture was incubated at room temperature for ten minutes. After incubation, 5 μl of Superscript/MMLV RT mix (1:1) was added, and the mixture (25 μl total volume) was incubated at room temperature for five minutes followed by a 90 minute incubation at 40° C.

[0100] After completion, 3.2 μl of 0.5 M EDTA (pH 8.0) was added to the radioactive reaction, and then the radioactive and nonradioactive reactions were combined. For subtractive hybridizations, it was necessary to remove the cRNA template by alkaline hydrolysis. This was done by adding 25 μl of TE (pH 7.5) and 5.8 μl of 2 M NaOH. This resulted in a 20 mM final concentration of EDTA and a 138 mM final concentration of NaOH. The mixture was heated for 30 minutes at 68 to 70° C., and then 12.2 μl of 1 M Tris (pH 7.5) and 5.8 μl of 2 N HCl was added to neutralize the reaction. The final volume was 100 μl of which 2 μl was removed and counted to determine the percent incorporation of ³²P-dCTP into cDNA. This analysis revealed that 7000 ng of cRNA was converted to 2598 ng of first strand cDNA. This first strand cDNA was subtracted against adult rat brain and liver polyA⁺ RNA.

[0101] For the subtractive hybridizations, the first strand cDNA was chromatographed on a sephadex G-50 column (NICK, Pharmacia) to remove unincorporated dNTPs, especially the unincorporated ³²P-dCTP in order to allow the efficiency of subtraction to be followed. After the cDNA was eluted from the NICK column, it was mixed with 60 μg of adult rat brain polyA⁺ RNA that was coupled to biotin (2× Bio RNA). The cDNA and polyA⁺ RNA mixture was precipitated by adding {fraction (1/10)}th volume 3M NaOAc (pH 5.2) and 2 volumes 100% ethanol. This mixture then was pelleted and resuspended in 20 μl TE (pH 7.5) and 20 μl 2× Subtraction Hybridization Buffer (100 mM Hepes (pH 7.6), 0.4% SDS, 4 mM EDTA, 1 M NaCl). The resuspended cDNA and polyA⁺ RNA mixture was then incubated at 95° C. for two minutes, quickly spun, and submerged in a 60° C. water bath for 48 hours to allow hybrids to form between the cDNA and biotinylated polyA⁺ RNA (BioRNA).

[0102] The cDNA/BioRNA complexes were removed as follows. First, 40 μl 1× Subtraction Hybridization Buffer lacking SDS and 20 μl Strepavidin (1 mg/ml) was added, and the resulting mixture incubated at room temperature for ten minutes. After incubation, the cDNA/BioRNA complexes were removed by extraction with phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol. The phenol phase was back-extracted with 1× Subtraction Hybridization Buffer lacking SDS, and the aqueous phases pooled. Once pooled, 20 μl Strepavidin (1 mg/ml) was added, and the resulting mixture incubated at room temperature for ten minutes. After incubation, remaining cDNA/BioRNA complexes were removed by extraction with phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol. The phenol phase was back-extracted with 1× Subtraction Hybridization Buffer lacking SDS, and the aqueous phases pooled. The pooled aqueous phases (about 400 μl) were extracted with chloroform/isoamyl alcohol. At this point, an aliquot of the aqueous phase was counted to determine the amount of cDNA remaining. Results revealed that 78% of the starting cDNA was removed with 22% remaining (572 ng).

[0103] To perform a second round of subtraction, the aqueous phase (about 400 μl) containing the non-hybridizing first strand cDNA was mixed with 30 μg of adult rat brain polyA⁺ RNA coupled to biotin and 30 μg of adult rat liver polyA⁺ RNA coupled to biotin. The cDNA and biotinylated polyA⁺ RNA was co-precipitated and hybridized as described for the first round. In addition, the cDNA/BioRNA complexes were removed as described above, and the percentage of non-hybridizing cDNA remaining was determined. Results revealed that two rounds of subtraction removed 87.5% of the starting cDNA with 12.5% of the starting cDNA remaining.

[0104] A third round of subtraction similar to the second round was performed using the remaining cDNA. Analysis of the remaining cDNA revealed that the three rounds of subtraction had removed 90% of the starting cDNA leaving 10% of the starting cDNA (255 ng).

[0105] The remaining single stranded cDNA was used to synthesize double stranded cDNA for the subtracted cDNA library. First, the single stranded cDNA (300 μl) was alkali treated to remove any remaining RNA as follows. The final concentration of EDTA was adjusted to 20 mM by addition of 13 μl of 0.5M EDTA, and then 20 μl of 2M NaOH (120 mM final concentration) was added. This mixture was incubated at 68° C. for 30 minutes and then neutralized by adding 40 μl 1 M Tris (pH 7.5) and 20 μl 2 N HCl. The cDNA was precipitated by adding 10 μl glycogen (10 mg/ml), {fraction (1/10)}th volume 3M NaOAc (pH 5.2), and 2 volumes ethanol. The cDNA then was pelleted, resuspended in 100 μl of TE (pH 7.5), and purified on a sephadex G-50 column (NICK, Pharmacia). The purified cDNA was re-precipitated using glycogen, pelleted, and resuspended in TE (pH 7.5) as described. Second, 50 μl resuspended cDNA (single stranded, subtracted cDNA), 20 μl 5× Sequenase Buffer, and 13 μl water was combined, and the mixture incubated at 65° C. for five minutes, 37° C. for ten minutes, and room temperature for 30 minutes. After incubation, 5 μl dNTP mix, 5 μl 0.1 M DTT, 2 μl Sequenase (13 U/μl), and 2 μl Klenow (5 U/μl) was added, and the mixture (100 μl final volume) incubated at 37° C. for one hour. The dNTP mix contained 10 mM dATP, 10 mM dCTP, 10 mM dGTP, and 10 mM dTTP. The reaction was terminated by adding 3 μl of 0.5 M EDTA (pH 8.0) followed by two extractions with phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol and a final extraction with chloroform/isoamyl alcohol. The double stranded cDNA was ethanol precipitated, pelleted by centrifugation, and resuspended in 86 μl TE (pH 7.5).

[0106] The double stranded cDNA was then restriction digested as follows. Eighty-six (86) μl cDNA, 10 μl 10× EcoRI Reaction Buffer (NEB), 2 μl EcoRI (20 U/μl), and 2 μl XhoI (20 U/μl) was combined, and the mixture (100 μl final volume) incubated at 37° C. for one hour. After this incubation, an additional 2 μl EcoRI (20 U/μl) and 2 μl XhoI (20 U/μl) was added, and the mixture again incubated at 37° C. for one hour. After digestion, the reaction was extracted twice with phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol-followed by one chloroform/isoamyl alcohol extraction. The digested cDNA was precipitated with ethanol, pelleted by centrifugation, and resuspended in 40 μl of 10 mM Tris (pH 7.5), 1 mM EDTA, 100 mM NaCl, and 20 μl loading buffer. The cDNA was divided into two aliquots, and each aliquot was size-fractionated on a 1 ml BioGel A-50 m column. The columns were rinsed with 10 mM Tris (pH 7.5), 1 mM EDTA, and 100 mM NaCl, with 50 μl fractions being collected. One column was run to select for only relatively long cDNAs while the other was run to select for all cDNAs. These separate pools were then extracted twice with phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol followed by one chloroform/isoamyl alcohol extraction. The cDNA was precipitated by adding 5 μl yeast tRNA (1 μg/μl) and 2 volumes of 100% ethanol. The cDNA was pelleted by centrifugation and directionally cloned into lambda phage UniZAP as follows. For the regular cDNAs (all sizes), 4 μl water, 2 μl 5× Ligase Buffer (BRL), 2 μl UniZAP (500 ng/μl), and 2 μl T4 DNA Ligase (10 U/μl) was added to the pelleted cDNA, and the mixture (10 μl final volume) incubated at 14° C. overnight. For the large cDNAs, 2 μl water, 1 μl 5× Ligase Buffer (BRL), 1 μl UniZAP (500 ng/μl), and 1 μl T4 DNA Ligase (10 U/μl) was added to the pelleted cDNA, and the mixture (5 μl final volume) incubated at 14° C. overnight. The ligated cDNA was then packaged using packing extracts (Stratagene) and titered on XL1-Blue MRF cells. The subtracted 3 hr MECS/CHX cDNA library containing large cDNAs (designated IEG-Lg cDNA library) had 239,000 recombinants, and the subtracted 3 hr MECS/CHX cDNA library containing regular cDNAs (designated IEG-Reg cDNA library) had 4,992,000 recombinants. A portion of each library was rescued as pBluescript plasmid, and the cDNA inserts analyzed. Of 46 plasmids analyzed from the IEG-Lg cDNA library, all contained cDNA inserts with the average insert size being 1.36 kilobases. Of 44 plasmids analyzed from the IEG-Reg cDNA library, 43 contained cDNA inserts with the average insert size being 0.9 kilobases.

[0107] Duplicate southern blots containing cDNA from the 44 plasmids analyzed from the IEG-Reg cDNA library were probed with control and stimulated subtracted ³²P-oligolabeled cDNA from rat hippocampus. Eleven of the 44 cDNA inserts gave a clear differential signal that was stronger with the 3 hour MECS/CHX cDNA probe than with the control cDNA probe. This result indicates that 1 in 4 of the clones in the IEG-Reg cDNA library is derived from an IEG.

Example 2 Preparation of Subtracted cDNA Probes

[0108] Subtracted cDNA was prepared using exactly the same protocol described in example 1 with the exception that rather than in vitro cRNA being used as the template for cDNA synthesis, polyA⁺ RNA derived from control rat hippocampi or rat hippocampi from rats treated with the 3 hour MECS protocol was used. After first strand cDNA synthesis, the RNA template was denatured by alkaline hydrolysis, and the free nucleotides removed by chromotography on sephadex G-50 (NICK, Pharmacia). The cDNA was precipitated using {fraction (1/10)}th volume 3M NaOAc (pH 5.2), 2 μl glycogen (20 mg/ml), and 2 volumes ethanol, pelleted by centrifugation, and resuspended in TE (pH 7.5). The final concentration was 25 ng/μl. The single strand of cDNA was labeled to high specific activity (2-4×10⁹ cpm/μg) by oligolabelling (Pharmacia) with ³²P dCTP (3000 Ci/mmole). Free nucleotides were removed by chromotography on sephadex G-50 (NICK column, Pharmacia), and the purified ³²P-labeled subtracted cDNA used to probe the subtracted cDNA libraries.

Example 3 Screen Subtracted Libraries

[0109] The IEG-Reg and IEG-Lg cDNA libraries were plated on NZCYM agarose plates at a density of 500-800 plaques/plate. Duplicate nitrocellulose filter lifts were prepared from each plate using standard techniques. The filters were prehybridized overnight at 68° C. in 5×SSPE (pH 7.4), 10% dextran sulfate, 0.2% SDS, 5× Denhardt's Solution, and 50 μg/ml boiled, sonicated salmon sperm DNA. The first lift from each plate was then hybridized with 4×10⁶ cpm/ml of the control subtracted cDNA probe and the second lift with 4×10⁶ cpm/ml of the 3 hour MECS stimulated subtracted cDNA probe. Hybridization was done in freshly prepared 5×SSPE (pH 7.4), 10% dextran sulfate, 0.2% SDS, 5× Denhardt's Solution, and 100 μg/ml boiled, sonicated salmon sperm DNA at 68° C. for three days. Filters were washed twice at room temperature for 30 minutes in 2×SSC/0.2% SDS, twice at 60° C. for two hours in 0.5×SSC/0.2% SDS, and then dried and exposed to X-Ray film for one to seven days. Clones exhibiting greater hybridization signals with the stimulated cDNA probe than those observed with the control cDNA probe were picked for further analysis.

[0110] The putative neuronal IEGs were analyzed by reverse northern analysis and northern analysis to confirm that they were true differentially hybridizing cDNAs. The nucleotide sequence from the ends of these cDNAs was determined, and those sequences not matching the sequences of known genes were used to obtain full-length cDNAs from cDNA libraries.

Example 4 Construction of a cDNA Library Enriched for Near Full-Length IEG cDNAs

[0111] Since the initial isolates for all of the IEGs represented small cDNAs derived from the 3′ regions of the corresponding RNA, it was necessary to rescreen other libraries to obtain full-length or near full-length cDNAs. For this purpose, a cDNA library enriched for neuronal IEGs with very long inserts was prepared from 3 hour MECS/CHX polyA⁺ RNA isolated from rat hippocampi. This RNA was already relatively enriched for neuronal IEGs since the MECS/CHX stimulus produces a large induction of IEG expression. Further, the cDNA was synthesized in the presence of methylmercuric hydroxide to eliminate RNA secondary structure allowing for the synthesis of long cDNAs using Superscript II Reverse Transcriptase (BRL).

[0112] The basic protocol used to synthesize cDNA was as follows. First, RNA secondary structure was denatured with methylmercuric hydroxide which forms adducts with imino groups of uridine and guanosine in the RNA and disrupts Watson-Crick base pairing. Briefly, 22 μl polyA⁺ RNA (0.5 μg/μl in either 10 mM Tris/1 mM EDTA (pH 7.0) or water) was incubate at 65° C. for five minutes and then cooled to room temperature over five minutes. Once cooled, 2.2 μl 100 mM CH₃HgOH (90 μl depc'd water plus 10 μl 1 M CH₃HgOH) was added, and the mixture incubated at room temperature for one minute. After incubation, 4.4 μl 700 mM 2-mercaptoethanol (190 μl depc'd water plus 10 μl 14 M 2-mercaptoethanol) was added, and the mixture (final volume 28.6 μl) incubated at room temperature for five minutes.

[0113] Second, the first strand of cDNA was synthesized as follows. The volume of the denatured RNA mixture was adjusted by adding 26.4 μl water such that the concentration of RNA was 0.2 μg/μl. In the radioactive reaction, 5 μl (1 μg) polyA⁺ RNA, 2 μl 10× Strand 1 Buffer (Stratagene), 1.2 μl Strand 1 dNTP mix.(Stratagene), 0.8 μl Xho/dT linker primer (1.4 μg/μl), 5 μl water, 3 μl dCTP³²3000 Ci/mmole (NEN), and 1 μl RNase Block (Stratagene) was combined, and the mixture (final volume 18 μl) incubated at room temperature for ten minutes to allow the primer to anneal to the RNA. In the nonradioactive reaction, 25 μl (5 μg) polyA⁺ RNA, 5 μl 10× Strand 1 Buffer (Stratagene), 3 μl Strand 1 dNTP mix (Stratagene), 2 μl Xho/dT linker primer (1.4 μg/μl), 9 μl water, and 1 μl RNase Block (Stratagene) was combined, and the mixture (final volume 45 μl) incubated at room temperature for ten minutes to allow the primer to anneal to the RNA. After the room temperature incubation, 2 μl and 5 μl of reverse transcriptase mix (4 μl Superscript II (BRL 200 U/μl) plus 1 μl MMLV RT (Stratagene)) was added to the radioactive and nonradioactive reactions, respectively. The reactions then were incubated at 40° C. for one hour and placed on ice. Two μl of cDNA was removed from the radioactive reaction and added to 18 μT₁₀E₁ and 2 μl 0.5M EDTA. Two (2) μl of this mixture then was applied to a PEI strip to determine the percent incorporation and quantity of cDNA synthesized, while 18 μl was mixed with sample buffer and ran on a gel to assay cDNA quality.

[0114] Third, the second strand of cDNA was synthesized as follows. Both the radioactive and nonradioactive reactions were kept on ice to prevent “snapback” cDNA synthesis. For the radioactive reaction (18 μl), 10 μl 10× Second Strand cDNA Buffer, 3 μl Second Strand dNTP mix, 62.5 μl water, 1 μl RNaseH (1.5 U/μl), and 5.5 μl DNA Polymerase I (9 U/μl) was added, and the mixture (100 μl final volume) incubated at 16° C. for 2.5 hours. For the nonradioactive reaction (50 μl), 20 μl 10× Second Strand cDNA Buffer, 6 μl Second Strand dNTP mix, 111 μl water, 2 μl RNaseH (1.5 U/μl), and 11 μl DNA Polymerase I (9 U/μl) was added, and the mixture (200 μl final volume) incubated at 16° C. for 2.5 hours. Four (4) μl of cDNA was removed from the radioactive reaction and added to 18 μl T₁₀E₁ and 2 μl 0.5M EDTA. Two 1 μl of this mixture then was applied to a PEI strip to determine the percent incorporation and quantity of cDNA synthesized, while 18 μl was mixed with sample buffer and ran on a gel to assay cDNA quality.

[0115] The cDNA from both the radioactive and nonradioactive reactions were extracted twice with phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol followed by one extraction with chloroform/isoamyl alcohol. After extraction, the cDNA was precipitated with 100% ethanol, pelleted by centrifugation, and resuspended in 39.5 μl water. To blunt the cDNA ends, 5 μl 10× T4 DNA Polymerase Buffer (NEB), 2.5 μl dNTP mix (2.5 mM each dNTP), and 3 μl T4 DNA Polymerase (3 U/μl) was added to the 39.5 μl of cDNA, and the mixture (50 μl final volume) incubated at 16° C. for 30 minutes. After incubation, 350 μl TE (pH 7.5) was added, and the mixture (400 μl final volume) extracted twice with phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol followed by one extraction with chloroform/isoamyl alcohol. After extraction, the cDNA was precipitated with 100% ethanol, pelleted by centrifugation, and resuspended in 17 μl water.

[0116] EcoRI/NotI adaptors were ligated to the cDNA, allowing for the quick identification of artifactual cDNAs generated by the ligation of two independent cDNAs prior to ligation into the lambda phage vector. To ligate the EcoRI/NotI adaptors to the cDNA, 3 μl 10× Ligase Buffer, 4 μl EcoRI/NotI Adaptors (1 μg/μl), 3 μl 10 mM ATP, and 3 μl T4 DNA Ligase (400 U/μl) was added to the 17 μl cDNA, and the mixture (30 μl final volume) incubated at 10° C. overnight. After the overnight incubation, 1 μl T4 DNA Ligase and 1 μl 10 mM ATP was added, and the mixture (32 μl final volume) again incubated at 10° C. overnight. After this second overnight incubation, 270 μl TE (pH 7.5) was added and the mixture extracted twice with phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol followed by one extraction with chloroform/isoamyl alcohol. After extraction, the cDNA was precipitated with 100% ethanol, pelleted by centrifugation, and resuspended in 30 μl water.

[0117] To kinase the cDNA ends, 4 μl 10× T4 Polynucleotide Kinase Buffer, 4 μl 10 mM ATP, and 2 μl T4 Polynucleotide Kinase (10 U/μl) was added to the 30 μl of cDNA, and the mixture (40 μl final volume) incubated at 37° C. for 30 minutes. After incubation, 2 μl T4 Polynucleotide Kinase was added, and the mixture (42 μl final volume) incubated at 37° C. for 30 minutes. After this second 30 minute incubation, 170 μl TE (pH 7.5) was added, and the mixture extracted twice with phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol followed by one extraction with chloroform/isoamyl alcohol. After extraction, the cDNA was precipitated with 100% ethanol, pelleted by centrifugation, and resuspended in 85 μl water.

[0118] To digest the 3′ cDNA ends with XhoI, 10 μl 10× NEB Buffer #2 and 5 μl XhoI (20 U/μl) was added to the 85 μl of cDNA, and the mixture (100 μl final volume) incubated at 37° C. for 45 minutes. After incubation, 3 μl XhoI (40 U/μl) was added, and the mixture (103 μl final volume) again incubated at 37° C. for 45 minutes. After this second incubation, 120 μl TE (pH 7.5) was added, and the mixture extracted twice with phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol followed by one extraction with chloroform/isoamyl alcohol. After extraction, the cDNA was precipitated with 100% ethanol, pelleted by centrifugation, and resuspended in 20 μl 10 mM Tris (pH 7.5), 1 mM EDTA, 100 mM NaCl, and 5 μl loading buffer. This resuspended cDNA then was size-fractionated on a 1 ml BioGel A-50 m column to select large cDNAs. The column was rinsed with 10 mM Tris (pH 7.5), 1 mM EDTA, and 100 mM NaCl. Thirty-six (36) fractions (50 μl/fraction) were collected. Aliquots from individual fractions were electrophoreses on 1% agarose to identify fractions containing cDNAs longer than 2 kilobases. Such fractions were pooled, and the resulting mixture of pooled fractions was extracted twice with phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol followed by one extraction with chloroform/isoamyl alcohol. After extraction, the cDNA was precipitated by adding 2 μl glycogen (20 mg/ml) and 2 volumes 100% ethanol, pelleted by centrifugation, and resuspended in 5 μl water.

[0119] To directionally clone the cDNA into UniZAP, 2 μl UniZAP (500 ng/μl), 1 μl 10× T4 DNA Ligase Buffer, 1 μl 10 mM ATP, and 1 μl T4 DNA Ligase (4000 U/μl) was added to the 5 μl of cDNA, and the mixture (10 μl final volume) incubated at 12° C. overnight. After incubation, the cDNA was packaged into phage particles. To package the cDNA, the ligation reaction (10 μl final volume) was divided into two packaging reactions with each containing 5 μl of ligation reaction together with a packaging extract (Stratagene). This mixture was incubated at 22° C. for 2 hours. After incubation, the two reaction mixtures were pooled and the library titered on IL1-Blue MRF cells.

[0120] This 3 hr MECS/CHX library (designated IEG-FL 3 hr MECS/CHX cDNA library) had a titer of 4.4×10⁶ primary phage. The library was amplified and used to isolate full length cDNAs derived from novel neuronal IEGs. The relative abundance of near full length neuronal IEG cDNAs in this library was substantially higher than the levels experienced using other cDNA libraries. In a single cDNA library screen, full length cDNAs for four different novel IEGs were obtained. Three of the four IEG cDNAs were derived from mRNAs of 4 kilobases, while one was derived from an mRNA of 3 kilobases.

[0121] The nucleic acid sequencing of the IEG cDNAs was performed at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and at Applied Biosciences, Inc., CA using the Sanger method with fluorescent dye termination.

[0122] Northern blot analysis was performed both to confirm that the cloned cDNAs represent tissue mRNA that is rapidly induced by brain activation and to assess the size of the mRNA transcript. The latter is essential information for the identification of authentic full length clones. Either 20-25 μg of total RNA or 2 μg of polyA⁺ RNA was sized by denaturing agarose gel chromatography and transferred to nitrocellulose. Blots were then hybridized with [³²P] labeled cDNAs. Labelling was done using the random primer method (Pharmacia).

[0123] In addition, in situ hybridization was performed both to confirm that the cloned cDNAs represent tissue mRNA that is rapidly induced by brain activation and to confirm that the mRNA was induced in activated neurons. In situ hybridization was performed as described previously (Andreasson and Worley, Neuroscience 69: 781-796 (1995)).

Example 5 IEG Nucleic Acid

[0124] The following clones were identified as being IEG nucleic acid as described in Example 3. In addition, certain clones were identified by chip-hybridization between PCR fragments generated from rat hippocampus ESTs and ³²P-dCTP-labeled cDNA derived from polyA⁺ RNA of rat hippocampus from MECS treated animals and controls.

[0125] One IEG nucleic acid clone was designated A003. The first library screen produced a fragment (A003-1-1) of 1.6 kilobases (kb) with a polyA sequence at the 3′-end. A second round of screening was performed using a probe prepared from the 5′-end of A003-1-1. This screen produced two clones: A003-1 (2.8 kb) and A003-2 (1.3 kb). The fragments from the secondary screen were sequenced from both ends. These fragments formed a contig at their 3′-end with the A00-3-1-1 fragment. The following two nucleic acid sequences are within the A003 clone: 5′- (SEQ ID NO:1) TTGCAGATCAGCACCTTTTGATGATGCCTGCCCAACAGTGGGTAATGCTNACAGCAA AGCACCACTTTACGCTTTTTAGTTGTGCTGGGTTCATGGCTGGACATACACCAACCA GCCTTGACCCCACAGGAATGCCAAGTTGGCTGGAATGTAACCCAACCTAGTTTCTGC GCTTCGCTCCTCTCCCAGTGCAAGGTGCTAAACACCCACTCACAAGCCTGCTGTCAA GCTGCGACCTTGGGGGCTGGTTAGAAAGGGCTGCCTCCTTCCAGCAATAGAAGTTCA TGAATTTGAGGCTGGAGATAGGTCAAGACCACTGTGATAACTATAAAGACTGTAGC AGCCACAAAGGAGACCCCCAAATAACTGGAGGCATGGGCACTGACGTACCAGATGA GGTTATGTTTGGAGCTGAAGGCTTGCTCTGTGCTTCTTGGTAGCATCTTTTGTCCTCT TGGGACATGGTTGACCCCATACTGTCCACTGAGCTTGGGAGATGACAGTTGAATAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-3′ and 5′-CGGCTTAATTAACCCTCACTAAA (SEQ ID NO:2) GGGAACAAAAGCTGGAGCTCCACCGCGGTGGCGGCCGCTCTAGAACTAGTGGATCC CCCGGGCTGCAGGATTCTGCGGCCGATTAAGAAGCCTGCTGATGTCCTTAGGCGAGG ACATTAACTCCAGTCTCTGACAGACTTTGGACATCCAGAATAAGTTCTTTTTGTATAT CAGAGCACAGAGCCCAGCTTTAGCCTCTGATGGACCTCAGGAACCAAGAAGGAGGG ACTTCCTTAACATTCTAGAGATGGGACTCTAACTCTAGCTCTTGTGTTAAGCCCTGAA GTCCAGAAAGAAGTAGTTCTTTGACATTCTAGTGCCAAGATCCAGCCTCTAAGAGAA CTCTGATGTCTAAAGAAAGTCTTTCATAGTCTAGNCCAGTCACCAGTGAAGCTAAAC ACCTGAAAACTATTAGATTCTCTGGAGCCAGGAATCCATCTCAAGTCTCTCATAAAG CCCAAATGTCCCAGGAGAAGTTGACAATATAAAGCCGTATCTCGATGGACTTTTGAA GAAGCTCAGAAAAGGAGACCACCTTGGTAGTCTTGATCTAGGACTCTGGCTTGTTTG TCTCCAGGGACGTTTACATGTATAAAAAGAGGGACCTTTCTGATGATTCAGAACTGG GACTCCACCTCCATCCTTTGATGAAAGCTCAAATGTCCAGAAAGAGGGGCCTCTCTG ATATTCTAGAGTAGGACCCTCCCTCCAGCCTTTGATGGTGTCCAGATGTCCAGAAAG AGGGGCCTCTCTGATGTTCCAGACCTAGGGCCCTCCCTCCAGCCTTTGATGGTGTCC AGATGTCCAGAAAGAGGGACTTCTCTGATGTTCCAGACCTAAGACTCTAGCTCCAGC CTTTGATGAAGCTCAGATGTTCAGAAAGGGGGGCCTCCATGATGTTCTAGAACCAGG ACTCCACCTCTAGCCTTTGATGGTGTCCAGATGTCCAGAAAGAGGGTCTTCCATGAT TTCTAGGACCAAGACTTTACCTCCAGCCTTCTATGCCTCCATGTCTCCAGTAAAGCTT AGGTGTCCAGAAAAGAGCATTCTCAATGAATTTATAGAACCAGGACTCTTTCTCCAG CCTTTGATGACGTTCAGATGTTCATAAAGAAGAACTTCCACAATGTACTAAAGCTAT GACTCCATCTCCATCCTTTGATGAAAAGGGACTTCCTTCCACTCTGTTCCAGAAGCCT AGCTCCACCTCTAATCTTTGTTGATGTCCAATTATCCAGAAAGAGGGGGCCTTTAGA ACAAAGACTGTACTTTTATTCATTGATAAAGCACAGATTCCAGAAGCACAGAAATCT AGAAAGAGGGTCCTCCCTAACACGCTCGAGCTAGAACCCCGGTGCAAGGGTCTGAA ACTTAGACACCAGAAGACCGCTTTGTCCTACAACAAGTCTGCATTTTCTAAATCTCC AGGTGGCTGAT: CAGAAGGGTCCAGGAAGGTATGGGG-3′.

[0126] Northern blot analysis using the 3′-end of A003 revealed the presence of two mRNA transcripts. The more abundant transcript was 2.2 kilobases in length, while the less abundant transcript was 4.8 kilobases in length. This analysis also revealed that the expression of A003 mRNA was marginally upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment. The multiple MECS treatment involved the induction of multiple maximal electroconvulsive seizures followed by the preparation of total RNA from rat hippocampus four hours post-seizure. This multiple MECS treatment was designed to mimic ischemia.

[0127] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated A013. The first library screen produced the clone designated A013-8. The 5′-end of A013-8 was used as a probe for the second round of screening. This second screening produced two additional clones: A013-4 and A013-26. The A013-8, A013-4, and A013-26 clones were sequenced using either the gene specific primer used to generate the probe for the second round of library screening, or the T3 and T7 primers. Both A013-4 and A013-26 made a contig on their 3′-ends with the A-013-8 clone. In addition, the sequence from the 5′-ends of A013-4 and A013-26 revealed that they from contigs between each other. Further, the sequence data from the 5′-ends of A013-4 and A013-26 revealed the presence of an open reading frame of at least 720 basepairs (bp) Based on the combined length of the obtained clones, the A013 clone is at least 3.0 kb in length. The following two nucleic acid sequences are within the A013 clone: 5′-GGCACGAGATCACTCAGTGTCTTCACTGAAC (SEQ ID NO:3) CAAATCGTCNTTTTTACAGAGAGATGCAAAGCTTCAGCGAAGACATTTAGCTTTTT AAAATGTATAATTCCTGTGGCTACATATGCAAGTAGGGTCCCATTATGTTTTTTTTCA TTAGTGGAAACTAATCCTTTTGTGCTGTGTTTAATCAGTATTAGCTTTATAGAATTAT AAATGTATATTCTACTTCTTGATCAAAGAACGTAGTCGGGTATTGGTTTTAGAAGTTC AAAGTGACACTGTATAGGGCTTTCACGGTTAATGGGATTGTTAGCAAATCTTAAGGA CATACAGCCAATGATTATCTGAGGTTACTGGCTAACTGTTTTTCACTGAGTTACTCTG CCTTTTTGACATTTTTATTCTTTGTTTGTCAGAATCCAGAGCTTCAGGAGCCCAAATT TTTTTATWCCGTATATATATATATATATAAATATCCATAAGCCTGGTGGATTTGTATG CAATGCACTGCATCTATGTATTCTGATAGCATCTCATTGATTTTTGTTTGAAATAGAA AGAAAGATAGTATCCCAAATGAGTTATCTTTAACAGAAAGCTGAGTTTAACTTTTAT TACCTATATAATAATTGATATTGCCAATTACCATTCTGAATTTCATATAGTATAAGTT AGACATTGCTTAATCCCCTTTTAAATGTATTTACATAGACATGAACACTCAAATTGCT GGATTTTTTAAATATATCTGACATAATTTTTTTCATCTGTTACATTCAAGTTAGCTTGT TTAGCCCAGATTTCAGAATAGTAAAGGAGGAAAGGAACCGCATTCCAGGGAAACCT CTGAGGCCAAGTCAGAGTCCAGAACTGTAAACACACAGGCCTGCAAGCCAACATTA GTCGTGAAATCCCTAACACGTCACTGGATTCTCTCTGTCAGCGCAAGTGTCAGCTGC CAAAGAATAGACTTACATGAAGAAGTGCCCACATGCTGGCAGGGGCTGGCCGGCTC CGGCCAGCAGACACTGCTAGATTGTAATATTTAAGGTCGAGTTTCGACCTGTGGTAC ACAGCTGTGCTGTGCTCAGTCAGCAACCTCAGAACTCTGAAAAAAACATAAAAAAG AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMATGCASCTGKYTCACTTGTGAATAGTGAATGTAAAG GAAAGAAAGGAAAACCAAAAGCTTGTTCCATCACAGGTATGAGCTGCTATGATTCA TGAAGAACATTCCATGGAGTATGTTTTAAAACCTTGTTATATCTGAGAGGCTTTAAA AGCCAACTTAACTGTTTCAGGGCAACCGCGGTACAGACGTGGTCTCTGTGAGACTTC CACCTGACCCAAGTTTTAAGTGGTACGAATGTTGTGCATTTAATGTTAAGGACAGTC TGCAATAATAAGTAAGTAGCCAGCGTGGGTGCCCAGCAGTGCTGAGACCTGGCTGC TCTATTGTACGCTTTGGAAACACAATTTATGCAACAGATGTCCAGATATGATTCTATT TATGGAAAAAGTTTATATGTTTTACAAATGGTTTTACCATCTTATATTAAATGACCTT TTGACAGGTGTGCACTGTTTTGTCTCCAGTGAGCACATACCATGCGGATTTTATATGT ACATCAGTAGTGTGAATCCACTGGCACAGTGTGTGTAAATGCCAGATGTGGTGAGAT TTTATCTTGTATATGTGATCAGATAAAATAACTCCTGACAGAAACTGTAAGGRAACC CAGCTGAATGGTTTGACCTGGATGRCYKRKRTKGTWTGGTTTATGTTAAATGTATAT TCTTTTAATCAATGAATAAAGCATTAAAAAATGGGAAAAAAAAAACTCGTGC-3′ and 5′-TCTGCGGCCGCAGCATCCGGAACAACAGGAACCTCCAGAA (SEQ ID NO:4) GTTTAGTCTTTTTGGAGATATAAGTGTCGTTCAGCAGCAAGGAAGTCTGTCCAGCAC ATACCTCAGCAGAGTAGACCCTGACGGCAAGAAGATTAAGCAAATTCAGCAGCTGT TTGAAGAGATACTGAGCAATAGTAGGCAACTAAAATGGCTGTCCTGTGGGTTTATGC TGGAAATAGTAACCCCATCATCACTGTCGTCTCTGTCTAACTCCATTGCCAACACCAT GGAACACCTGAGTTTACTGGACAACAACATTCCTGGTAACAGCACGCTCATCACCGC AGTCGAACTAGAGCGCTTTGTAAATCTGCGCTCACTTGCCCTGGATTTCTGTGACTTT ACAGCTGAGATGGCGAGAGTCCTGACCGACAGCAACCATGTGCCTTTGCAGCGACT GTCTCTTCTGGTCCACAATGCTTCAGTGATGCTCAAGTCATTAGACAACATGCCAAA CGATGAGCACTGGAAGGCCCTGTCACGAAAGAGCTCCAGCCTCCGGGTCTATCTAAT GGCTTTTGATGTTAAAAGTGAAGACATGCTAAAGATTCTGTAAACCCAGTATACCACT TGAGAAGGGTTCACTTTGGACAGCTACGTCACTTGTGTCTCAAGGGGCTATTGGTTG ATCTTATATTCCAGGCAGTATTGACCAAGGTTTCCTYAACCCMWTTTWTATTGATGA ATGATATGATTGATACGTCTGGTTTTCCGGATCTTAGTGACAACCGAAATGAAGATC CATTGGTTTTATTGGCATGGCGGTGCACAAAGCTCACTCTTTTGGCAATTCATGGTTA CACCGTGTGGGCACACAACCTCATTGCCATTGCTCGTCTTCGTGGCTYTTGACCTAA AAGTGCTTTGGAAGTCACCSRAAGAAAGCATTGATTTTGACCAAGGTGAACTAGCCC GACCAGGAATGTGGRWYCCCGTACATAACCTTTCTTGGAGCAGGTATTCCCTGGGGC CTTGGTCAAGTCTTGGCACG-3′.

[0128] Northern blot analysis using a sequence from the A013 clone revealed the presence of a 3.2 kb mRNA transcript. In addition, this analysis revealed that the expression of the A013 mRNA was strongly upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment. Specifically, A013 mRNA expression was induced 8.9 fold by the multiple MECS treatment as determined from Northern blot data using total RNA from rat hippocampus (Table I). TABLE I Fold induction of mRNA expression after multiple MECS treatment Probe (rat cDNA) Fold induction (normalized for the S26) A013 8.9 L094 7.3 L100 17.2 L119 17.8 R113 7.0 R286 2.4

[0129] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated A020. The following nucleic acid sequence is within the A020 clone: 5′-TCAAACCNTATCTCGGTCATTCNTTTGAT (SEQ ID NO:5) TNATAAGGGATTTKSCCGATKTCCGGCNTATTGGTTAAAAAWTGAGCTGATTTAACA AAAATTTAACGCGAATTTTAACAAAATATTAACGCTTACAATTTGCCATTCGCCATT CAGGCTGCGCAAYTGTTGGGAAGGGCNATCGGTGCGGGCCTCTTCGCTATTACGCCA GCTGGCGAAAGGGGGATGTGCTGCAAGGCGATTAAGTTGGGTAACGCCAGGGTTTT CCCAGTCACGACGTTGTAAAACGACGGCCAGTGAATTGTAATACGACTCACTATAGG GCGAATTGGGTACCGGGCCCCCCCTCGAGGTCGACGGTATCGATAAGCTTGATATCG AATTCGGCACGAGCGAAGCCAGGGCCTTGCACTTCCTAGGCAAGCGCTCTACCACTG AGCTAAATCCCCAACCCCTTGTTTTATTTTTAAAGCAAACGAGATACATAATTTCARC CATGATAATTTAAGATTATCTTGAACTCTAAGGAAATGTATATACTAAGCTATTAT AGTTTTTATTTTCCCTAATTCAGTGGCATAATACCTTACCTTGAGTCGTTTACTACTT CTTTGGTTTCTAAAAACTCTACTGCTAAATTACAATGTAAAAACATAGGGCTCGTAT ATACTGTAGAGTGCTGTAGATGTCCTCGTCATCAACTATGCAATAACAGTCTGATCG ACACATTTCAGGAKCGATCACTCTTTGGTGTGCTTCTTTAAATACTTTCAGAAGCTTA GGATGTGCAAAGCAGGAAGACTGTGGGTGTAAATGTTTACTTATTTCTTTGAGAGTG TTAGTAAGTCTTTTCDAAATTGCTTTTCTCTTCAAAATTATCGTTAACTTAAATGATA ATTATCTTTGAGGTTAAACAGAAGCTCATTGACAAACTAAAGTGACTTTTTAGGGCA TTCTTTGAGATCATAGTCTTATATCTTGGGGACTAAAATGTCATTAGACCCTAATAGA CTAACTTGTATGTTTGTGTGGGGAAACGTTTTCCTCTCTCATTCAAGGTAACTGTTTG CTGCCTGTTGTTACTTGTGTAGCATTCTAGAAAATGGCTAGGTTTTTTATAAGATTTA AGACAATAGAAGTAGTTTTATATTATTATAGTTCTGTTGGAATGTGATCCTGAAATT ATTACTGAAAATTAGAATTTTTATTTCGCTAATGACAACCTTGACTCTCAGAGATGC AGTGTAAATTGATACCTCATCTTTCCGAGAGTTCAGAGCACAGGGCGGCAGTATGTG AAGCTGCTTTTGCACTGACGCATTTTGATAAGTTTGGCTACTGTAATGGTAAAAGGC TCCTCAGGCACTGACTGCATTTGGGTTCTTCCGATGGGGGATGATCCGTTCTCGTGGT GCTGCTGGACTTATGCATTTTGGAGGTACTGCATGTATCTTCCACACTGCTTGACATT TTCTCTGATCTGTGTGTTTGCACCAACTCATTAAAAGAAATATGCAGAAATATCTTCT AATTCGTTGATCTTCGCTGTATGACAGTTATAATATTAAACACTTGGGTTGATCCACT CTGTTTACATTTATCTTTCTAAGCGTCAGAAAGGGACTAACTTGAAATTATATCTAGA GGCTTTGTATCATTTCAAAAATTAAATTTCCTTGGATACTTTAGGCAATATCTTAAAC AACTTTTTAATAAATTTAAATATTTATATTTACGTAAGCTAAAATATACATGAATGTG CTTTTTAATAAATTAAATACAGTTTATACTTATTTGCCAATTCACAAATAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-3′.

[0130] This clone is similar to GLGF-domain protein Homer (accession # U92079).

[0131] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated A021. The following nucleic acid sequence is within the A021 clone: 5′-TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTAARGGGRCCACCCC (SEQ ID NO:6) ACCGSGCTAAAGGCCCAGGGGCCCCCCCCTTGGAGMCCCAGGGGTTTTGGCCCMCC CCCTCACCCAAATGGTCTGCCAATGACCCAGGTACTCACAACATGTTCCAGGAGGAG MCTGGGGCCAGGATTTTGACCAGAGGGTATGGGAAGGGAAAGGGGAGAAGAAATC GACATTTATTTTTATTATTTATTTAAATGTTTACAWTTTCTTTGTGTTGTTCCAAGCC CTGAATAGAAACAGATAGCATTAAAGGACTCTGTTCCCACCCCTTCTCTGTCTCTCTC TCCCCCACTTGTGCTAACTTAGGATAACACTCTCTATTTCGTTTTGTTTCTAAAGTGA TTTGTGGACTTGTGCCGTGTGAACTGCATTAAAAAGGTTCTGTTTTCAAAGATCGATT GTCGTTCCTGTGGGGACAGTGGCTCCTAAGAAATCTGCATTGTAGGAGAAGACAATG AAAGACCCTGGCCCTGTCTCTCAAAACTTAACTCTCTGTATGATTTAAAAAAAAATT CCATTTACTTTACTTTGTGGTTACTTGATTTTGAGGAAGAAAATATTCAACTTTGTAT AAAGACTAGGTATCAGGGTTTCTTTTGCAGTGGGAGTTGTATATATATCGTATTTTGG TATATCGTAGAAACTCAAGCTTTATGCATCCGTATTTGGGATATGTCAATGACGTGC AGTGAAATTTGCTATTAGACCCTGGAGGCAAACGAGTTGTACAAGGTTTTATGGCTC CATGGGGANTTCTAATTTCCTTTCTGGGGACCTTTTGTCCCGTTTTTACAGTAATGGT GAAATGGTCCTAGGAGGGTCTCTCTAGTCGAATTCTCCAGGCAGGACCACGTGCTCA AAAAATCTTTGTATAGTTTTAAATTTTTGAGGAGTATCTCTGCTCAGAAGCATCTGTG GTGGTGTGTGTTGCGTTGTTCTGTGTACTGTGTGTGACACAAGCCTACAGTATTTGCA CTAAGGAAAGCTGTTTAGAGCTTGCTGCTATGGAGGGAAGAACATATTAAAACTTAT TTTCCCTCGGGGWTTRTWCWMGTTTTATGTWCTTGTTGTCTTGTTGGCTTTCCTACT TTCCACTGAGTAGCATTTTGTAGAATAAAATGAATTAAGATCAGMWRWRWRMAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA- 3′.

[0132] This clone is similar to fra2.

[0133] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated A024. The following two nucleic acid sequences are within the A024 clone: 5′-TCAGGCCTNAGCAATCCTCNTTAANTTTGA (SEQ ID NO:7) NCCAAGNTTAACTCTTGGGGCGAATTCCTGTGNTTGCTTTCTTTCCCCATANTTCCAG GCCCACAAANGGTTTCTGTGANTCCGAGAATCGGCCCACCATGCAGACCCACNGAG AGGATTCAGAATGTGTGTGAGAGTGAGTGTGTGAGTGCGCGTGCGTGTGCTTTGTAT GTGTGTTTATAGATGTAGGACATTAAGTTCCTTCTGACACAGGGAAGATGTGAGAAG GATGGCCTGACATCAGATGACAAGAGGTCTTATAGCACATCTCTGGGCTTTTCCCTA CCCAGAGAAGAGCCCCCTTTGATACAAATCAGTTGGATTTTCATATGCTTCAAAGGC TTGATCTGTGAGTCACTCCAGTTTGGGACATAGGTCTGTCTGTGGCTTTGAGAAAAG GTACTTTCAAAAGAGGGCTTTCCAGAGCACAGCTCACAGCCAGCTGTTAGGACCCCA CCCTTCTCCTTTATTGTGGAGGTGACTCACAGCAGACTGACAGTGGTCAGACTGAGC TTTCTGCTAAGGTGGTGAGGTAGCCAACACTGGCATGTCTCGGTAGTGGTTTGGGCA AATTTCCGCAGGTCTCTTCCCCCAACCCTGCCTCTGATGAATAAAGACAATGAGTAC AGTTCCTTAATTCAGGCTTTTGTGACTAGCTTACTACGGAACCGAAAATGGTCCCCTT TGTACAAGCCGAGCTGTTATGGAATCACGGTGAACCAGACCCAGGTCTGTGGCACCT GTTTGTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTAGCTCTCATTTCTACGGCATGCTTTCCAAG GAACCAAAGGAGGGTCTCAGAGATGCCCCAAACATCCCAAAGTACACAAAGCTAAG TAATCGATTGCTTACTTATTGCACAGCTAGACACGGATTTTAAGTCTATCTTAAAGCT TTGAAGCAAGCTTAGCTTCTCAAAGGCCTAGCAGAGCCTTGGCACCCCAGGATCCTT TCTGTAGGCTAATTCCTCTTATCCAGCGGCATATGGAGTATCCTTATTGCTAAAGAG GATTCTGGCTCCTTTAAGGAAGTTTGATTTCTGATTCAGAGTCCTTGTTTCCCTGACT TGCTCTGCCAGCCCTGCACCAGCTTTTTCGAAGTGCACTATGCTTGTGTTTAACTTCT CCCAGTTTTATTTGGGCATAAAAGTTGTTGCCTTTATTTGTAAAGCTGTTATAAATAT ATATTATATAAATATATGACAAAGGAAAATGTTTCAGATGTCTATTTGTATAATTAC TTGATCTACACAGTGAGGAAAAAAATGAATGTATTTCTGTTTTTGAAGAGAATAATT TTTTTCTCTAGGGAGAGGAGAGGTTACAGTGTTTATATTTTGAAACCTTCCTGAAGGT GTGAAATTGTAAATATTTTTATCTAAGTAAATGTTAAGTAGTTGTTTTAAAAAGACTT AATAAAATAAGCTTTTTCCTGTGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-3′ and 5′-GTGGCCCCTGCTCGCCGCATCATGGAGCGGATCCCCAGCG (SEQ ID NO:8) CGCAACCACCTCCTACCTGCCTGCCCAAAACGCCAGGGCTGGAGCACGGAGACCTG TCAGGGATGGATTTTGCCCACATGTACCAAGTGTACAAGTCCAGGCGGGGAATAAA ACGGAGCGAGGACAGCAAGGAAACTTACAAATTGCCGCACCGGTTGATTGAGAAAA AGAGACGTGACCGGATTAACGAGTGCATTGCCCAGCTGAAGGATCTCCTACCCGAA CATCTCAAACTTACTACTTTGGGTCACTTGGAGAAAGCAGTGGTTCTCGAGCTGACG CTGAAGCACGTGAAAGCATTGACAAACCTAATTGATCAGCAGCAGCAGAAAATCAT GGCCCTGCAGAGCGGTTTACAAGCTGGTGATCTGTCGGGAAGAAATATTGAGGCAG GACAAGAAATGTTCTGCTCCGGTTTCCAGACCTGTGCCCGGGAGGTACTTCAGTACC TGGCCAAGCATGAAAACACTAGGGACCTGAAGTCTTCCCAGCTTGTCACTCATCTCC ACCGTGTGGTCTCTGAACTCCTGCAGGGTAGTGCTTTCCAGGAAACCATTGGACTCAG CTCCCAAACCCGTGGACTTCAAAGAGAAGCCCAGCTTCCTAGCCAAGGGATCAGAA GGCCCTGGGAAAAACTGTGTGCCAGTCATCCAGAGGACTTTTGCTCCCTCGGGCGGG GAGCAGAGTGGTAGTGACACGGACACAGACAGTGGCTACGGAGGCGAATTGGAGA AGGGTGACTTGCGCAGTGAGCAACCCTACTTCAAGAGCGATCACGGACGCAGGTTC ACCGTGGGAGAACGCGTCAGCACAATTAAGCAAGAATCTGAAGAGCCCCCCACCAA AAAGAGCCGAATGCAGCTCTCAGATGAGGAAGGCCACTTCGTGGGCAGTGACCTGA TGGGTTCCCCATTTCTTGGGCCTCACCCACATCAGCCTCCCTTTTGCCTGCCCTTCTAT CTCATCCCACCATCGGCCACTGCCTATCTGCCTATGCTGGAGAAATGCTGGTATCCG ACCTCTGTGCCACTGTTATACCCAAGCCTCAACACCTCAGCAGCAGCCCTCTCCAGC TTCATGAACCAGACAAGATCCAACTCCCTTGCTCTGCCCAGAAATCCCTTCTCCCTTG GCACATTCGTCCCTTGACTCTCAAGCCTGCTCAAGCCCTGAAGCAGATCCCTCCTTA AACTTAGAAACAAAGATAAACCTTGAGGGCAATCNCTGCGCCTTGCTTTCCTTCCCA CAATTCAAGACACAAAAGGTCTGTACTCAAAACAGAGAGATCAGCCCACCCTGCAG ACCCACAGAGAAGATTCAGAGTGTGTGTGAGAGTGAGTGAGTGTGCGTGCGTGCGT GCTTGTATGTATGTTTGTATATGTAGGACAATAAGTTCCTTCTGACACAAGGGAGAC ACGAGAAGGATAGCCTGACATCAGATGACAGACTGGAGGACTGTAGCACATCTCTG GGCGTTTCCCTACCCAGAGAAGAGCC-3′.

[0134] This clone is similar to a basic helix-loop-helix polypeptide.

[0135] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated L003. The following nucleic acid sequence is within the L003 clone: 5′-GCACGAGGGAGTTTATTTCCACGTCT (SEQ ID NO:9) CTTAGGAAAGCCTCGCTTGGTTACACATGGCAATGATTGCAAGCAGATACACGTCTT AACACCAGAGTACAGTACACACACATTGAGCTGCCCTCGTCTAACAAGCAGTTGCA GTTTGTTTAAATGTGAATATCTATGAAACGAGCAAAGCAACTTTCCAGAGTATAGCT TATCACAGAATAGTAACACATGGGCCGCTACTGTATCATACAGAGTACAACTCTATA GCTTTTCATCCCCGTGTGAGCATTTCCAAATCACTCAATGAGCACCAAGCACGGACA AGTGACTAAAAAGGCTAGTCCCAATCTCCCCGCAACCCTCGGCGGTAAGGGTAAAG AATTTTGTTTCAAGTAAGTTTTCTCCTCGTCTCTCTCTTCTGAAGACCTGAGCAAAAC CAACATTCTAAACCACCCCAAGATATGATACTAGAATTTAAAGGCCCGATGGCTTCA ACCCAGAACCTTAACCTACTAGATAAAATCTCTCCGAATCTGACTCACTGATGCTGT TAAGTCCGACAGTACAATCACATAGTACCTCTTTGATACTGTCAAAGTTGGTTTTAA AAATGCCCTAAGAAAACCAAATCATTTTTGGGAGATGTTCTAAGCAAGCTTTCCAAC ATATAAAGAACAAAACCATGTTACTAAAAACATGGTGCAGGTCCTCACAAAACATT TACTGCTACTACCAGGAAACCAAGCTACTCTTGGTTTGTGCTCCTGGTGATAACTGG TGAGCTTTGGACAGCTGCTGGCACATGTCCACTGTGTTCCGTTTTATAATCAAGTGTC AGTTTTCCACTCGACAGAGATTAAAGACAATAGCTTAAAAGTGAAAATGAAATTTCA AGTAGAAGCTACAATTGAATGCTACTTGTTGAGACTTTTAACTTCACATCCAAATA TCAAAAACTTAACTTTGACGACACATGCACACAAACACACCATTTGGGAAAGGGTCT TGTTATGCAGTTCAAGCTGGCCTTGAACTCATGATCTCCTGCCTCAGTTTCAATGGGCA GTAGCACTGGACCTTACTGTGGGCAGAAAGTATTGCTCCAATTAGAAAGCATTACTA TACACTTCACTTCGTCATGTGCCTAGTGTGGCTCTGAAGGCATAGGAACAATGAAAT TAAATTCTTCAGCAGCTGAGGATTCTCTATACTTCAACATTCTGAACTTCAATCATGG CTTCACATTTGAGGCTGAGCTAGATACAAAAATATCAAAACATCCCATAGAATTGTT TATTTCCCTATGTTACTGTTTACCCAAGGAATGTGAAGACTAAAAAGGACTCATTTG GTTGTTTAATTATGATTAAATTATGTAAATATACAAACATTTAACAAAGCCATCATA TTCCAATCTTTTACGAATTCTAACTGCTAGCAGTTGAGCAGCTTTTAGATATCACTAA TAAAATATACAATTTAAAATAGTCGCATTCAATCCTACTAACTTTATAAATAACTTCT TAGGTTAGACTTCTTCCTGCCTAAGTTTATAAGACAGTCTAAACCCAAAACTCAACA CATATTAAGCTTTTTAAAAACTCCATATAGTTCTAAAGTAACCTCAATGTATTCCCAA GAACCGCCACCATCAATCAGCTCACTCCCTCACACCACTGACTTTAAGACGCTCCTG GGTGGAGAACTGCCAGGCAGAAGCTCTACCTTTCTAGTGTGTGTGGTGGTCTGCTGC TCCTAGTCCAGATCTGGACCACATCAGCACAGCATCAGTGTGACTCAGCACTGAGGC CTTGAGCGCTCTTCCCCCCGATGGCCTGTGTATAGAGGTGTCTAATTCCTTGTGTATA GATGGCCTGTATATAGAGGTGTCTAATTCCTTGGCTCTGTATGTATAGGTAATGTGAT ACTTTACCATTAAAGCACTATTTTCTCCATTCAAGAATTTAGTGATATAGGAAAATG AGTGGACTTGCGAGACTCAGAAAAACAAAACATAACCTGTCTTGAATTCAAAACAA ACCATGGGTGTAGGGGGGAACTGATGAAAGTTTATGGGTTTAACTCTAGGTAATTAA CTAAGACAGTCACGAAACACATTATCAAAATCCTTTCAGGCCCAGAGCTTGTACTGT ACCCCACTGTGAGACCACATCACAACCCCGGATTGAGCTTTATCCACAACACCTACA CCATAGTAACGCAAAGTGCACAATGTACTAAAATAAATTCCTATTAGTTTTATGCAA ACTATGGTATAAAATTATCACCTGCCATACATATTTTGCCATGGCACCAACTTCATAT AATAAGCCAACGTATAATCAAAGTCCTTACCAGCACCAATCAATGTCCTTGGCACCA CTGGACACTCACCGTCAAGCTGTTCATCTAAGAGCCAGTCTGTTCTGACCTGAACAG TTGTGCATTCCACCTTACCACACCCAAGTCTGTGAGCCGGACAAGTGTTTAAATGCA GTTTTACATCTAACGGTGCAGGTTAAGCCGAGCACTTGAAACTGATCACTCATTAAT ACCTGTCTCCCTCCATACATGTACACCACATGTACACAGAACTATGTGCTCTGACTTC AGAATAGCTCTTCCTGTTGGCAAAACACCACAGACATGAAGGGGCCTAGTGTGAAG CGAGCTCACAGAATGTTGGATGGAACTTCGACTATAATGGAAACACCTGCAAAAGC TTTGCTAACCCAGCAAACACTCAACACTTACCAAAGACAACAGGGAAGTTAAAGTT AGCTCGCCAAGAGATGGGCTGGGGAGGTGGGGGTGTAACTCAAAGAAAGCTTTAGC TAACAAAAACGAATGATGGACAACTTCAGAAATTCCCTAAAAACAGAACCTGAAAG TGCAGGTGAGGTTTTGTCCTTCAGTAACAAATGCAGACAGATTCCCAACAGGAATAA AACAGTCTGGGGCTTTGAAACCTGCTAGATGGAAACACGAACTCAAAATGTGGAAC CAAGGAAAACCAAATACTTAAATGTGTAAGATAATTTATAATAGTAAAAAGTTGCA AATTGCTGTGACTTGATTTGCCGAAAACATCTGTAAATCCACACTGGCAGTTAGAAG ACCAGTTCCCACATTAACTCCTCTCTCAGCAGGTAACCGTTTGTGCGCAGAAGTATC TGAAACATCGCACTACTGCTTATTTTATGGTGTATTGTGCAGAATCTGTACATGCTAT TACAGACAATACATATTTGTAAACCTGGTCATGCAAAATCAGTGTGTACAAGGGGAT ATTGTTAAGCCTTATAAAGTGGTACTTTATTATCTTTGTGACGATGCCAATCTCTCCG AAATATAGCATATCTTAAATGGATATTCTTTATCTGCCAGTTAAAATCATTTTATGTC ACTGAAAGAAGAGGTTATACAAGGAAAGAAACATGGTCCTTGTGTTGCAGAATTGA TTTTAAATGAGAGAATTTACAAAACCAAGAAATCCATGGTCATAAAGTTTTAACATT TTAATCCTACACATTACAGGGCAAACAGATACTGGACCCTATTTCCACATTCCATAA ATCCAAACTTTAGTTCCCATTTCAAACGTTGCCCTAACCACTAAAACCATCAGTGGT CTTACAACCTCTGGATTATGGAAATACAGATTTCTGAAGTAAAAGCTACAAAAACAA CAATGGAAGAAAGCTGAACAAACTTCCCATGAATGAAAATAAAAGTGGAACATCCT GAAGCTCTAGACACTTCTCTCCCGTGTCTATGGTCAACTTGTCGGTTCAGTGCACTGT GCGGTCAAATGTAATGGTCCTCATGTGGAACACACGTCTAACTAGTGTCCATTGATT CCAAGTTAGTGGACGAAGAATCTTTCTGGATACTTTCAAAGATGGCTGCCAGCTCCG GGTTGGAGCTGATCTGTGACTGGAACTCACTCATGAGAGGGCTCTTCTCTGCCTCTG GAATGGTGAGCAGTGCAGCTACTGCCCTCATGGCCGAGCGCTTTAACTCGTCCTGCT TTTCAAACTCCTGCTTTACAGAGTTCGCCTTCACGTAGTTGTACACGTAGCTCGTAG TGGCTCAACAAGCCGGTCCAACCTCTGTAGTACTGCACTTGGACAAAGGGTAGATAG TCTCACCAACATTAAAAATGTTAGCATCTTAATATCATAATGGTCCTTCAAACCATCT TCCACATGATTTAGAAATTCAAAGATATCCAGTCTGTCAAGACAGCTGTCTAGAAGT GTGTACATACACTCAAAAGCTGCCTTTCTAATGTCCAGGCCGTCATCAACCGTGTGC TTAAACGGGCCCATCTCTACCTCTCTTATAAGTTCCTTCCTAACTTTTGTCTCATTGTA AAGATGTGGAAGAACAGAATCCAGAAGGTCCCGTATCAGTGACGGCTTGTTATGGG CTGCAGAATTGAATGTGACCAAGGCCACTCTTCTTACATTCAAATCTGGGTCTTCCA ACGTTTTTAGAAAATCACCTATGCAGTTCTTGAGCAGTGGATCTTCTTGACATCTTGA ATAAACTGACCTACTACAGCCGGTCCCTCTTTAGGGCATGCTCGAGTAAGGGCAGCT ACACATTTGGCAATGGAATAGTAAGACTGCTTATGAGTAAGAGCTGTGCTCTGAGAG TAAACTGGACCCGTTAGCATGCGCAGCAAATCCATGTATCCTAGATTGTTTGTTCCA GTGACAACCAAAGCTTGGAAGAAGTCTAGCATGGCACTAAGAGCTCCTCCCTGCAG CAGAGGTGACCTTACAAGTCCAATCAGTTCATTGAGAATAGATCCGCTTATCTTTGA AAGGGAGGAGGGATATACTTTTGCCAGGGTAGTAAGGAAGCTGATAGCCATCTGGG ACACGTGCATATCACTTTCGCTGATAAGAGGAGGGAGCTCATCCAGAACTGCATCAA TCATGGCGGCCGTCAAACTGTCACTATAGTTTTTAATGAGAATATCTAGGGCAGAGA GGGTCCCCAGTTTCAAAGCTCTCTGATTTTTCCTGAGAAATGAAGCAAGGATAGGGA CTCCCTCTCCCAGCACAGGCCTCAGATCTATCTTCAAAGGTGACCCAGCAATCAGGG TCAGTGCTTTCACTGTCGTTAGCCGGGTGATTTCATTCTTGAGTCTCTCCAAGAAAAT CTGAAGTGTATTTGATAAGTCAGGGCCCAAATTGTCTCCAAGATTGCAAATAATCTG TCCCATACAGGAAATAGCCCTCTCCTTGACTTCCTGATCAATGTCAGCTGCTTTTAAG CGCTTAATTGTACAAGTGAAGAGATCTTTGATGTAAGGCGTTGCATCGAAGGAGGA GGGTTGGTCCAGAGGACGGATTACTTTGACAAGCTGCTGAGTGACAAGAAGGGCTT CTGATGTGATCTTGTAAAATGGGTCACCAACACAAGCCACCACTGGAGGGACCAAA GCCTGAACATGCGGGTGGAAAACTTGCG-3′.

[0136] This clone is similar to a TATA-binding polypeptide (TIP120).

[0137] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated L048. The nucleic acid sequence of the L048 clone is as follows: 5′-TCGCCGCCCGAAGTCGCGCAGCTTCCCTGGCGAACG (SEQ ID NO:10) CGGAAGCCCGAAGAGCGCCGTCCTCGGGCCCTGTCGGCGCTCAGGCCCCTTCGCGCG CCTCCTCGCTCGGCCGGGACGTTGCTGTGGAGGCGTGAGGCGCCGGCGGTCGAGCA CCTGGAGCGACGGTAGCCCGCGGCCTGCGGTTCTTCTCCTCCCCCGCCGCCCTCCCA CCCGAGCTGCGGCGGGGCTCGGCCGCCTCGGTGCTTCTGCACGAACAAAGGAGGCC CCCGCGGCGCCGGCGCAGCTCCATCTGCGGTCCGATCCACCCGGGCCCGCGGCGGCC GCTAGCCAGCCCTTCCCGGAGGCCTCAGCCCGGCCCACCGCCCGGCGTCGCGCGCCA GCTCGCTAGTGCATCCGGGCCCCGCAGGCACAAAAATATGGCTCAGGAGACTAACC AGACCCCAGGGCCCATGCTGTGTAGTACTGGATGTGGCTTTTATGGGAATCCTAGGA CAAATGGAATGTGTTCTGTTTGCTACAAAGAACATCTTCAGAGACAGCAGAATAGTG GCAGAATGAGCCCAATGGGGACAGCTAGTGGTTCCAACAGTCCTACCTCAGACTCTG CGTCTGTACAAAGAGCAGATGCTACTTTAAACAACTGTGAAGGTGCTGCTGGCAGCA CATCTGAAAAATCAAGAAATGTGCCTGTGGCTGCCTTGCCTGTAACTCAACAAATGA CAGAAATGAGCATTTCAAGAGAGGACAAAATAACCTCCCCGAAAACAGAGGTGTCA GAGCCAGTTGTCACTCAGCCCAGTCCATCAGTTTCTCAGCCCAGTTCTTCTCAAAGTG AAGAAAAAGCTCCTGAGTTGCCCAAACCAAAGAAGAACAGATGTTTTATGTGTAGA AAGAAAGTTGGCCTTACAGGGTTTGACTGCCGATGTGGAAATTTGTTTTGTGGACTT CACCGTTACTCTGACAAGCACAACTGTCCTTATGATTACAAAGCAGAAGCTGCAGCA AAAATCAGAAAAGAAAATCCAGTTGTTGTGGCTGAAAAAATCCAGAGAATATAAAA TTACTACATGTGAAGAGACTGAAACTTTGTTTTTATTTTAATATATCGTAGGAAAAC ATTAAAGAGCAGATGCATGGCCATTTTCCTTTGATGTTCTCCAGAGTTTTGCTTTATA CTTGTCTGTCATATAATTGATATTTTAGGATGTTTGGGTGTTTGTTACAGGCAGAATT GGATAGATACAGCCCAACAAATGTATATGCCCTCCCCTCAGTAAAATTGGACAAAA ATATGCACAGCAAATTGAAATACACATATACTAGGAACAAAATTTAGTTCCATGTGC CAAACTGAATGAAATCTCTGCATGTTTGCAGCATATCTGCCTTTTGGGAATGTAATC AAGGTATAATCTTTGGCTAGTGTTATGTGCCTGTACTTTAAAAAAATGGTACACCAG AAAAGGACTGGCAGTCTACTACCATAGTCAAACTTCACCTTAATTTCGACATGCTTT TGGAAGCAGGAAGAAAGCTACAAAACCAGTATTTGGTGCCATGTGTGAGCCTGGTT AAATTGGTCTTCTAAAAGCTGTCAATTAGGACATTCTGCGAAAGGTAACATCACAAC TGGTTCTGAGTAAAACCATCAAGTCAACAGCAGGGTGCCTGAGATAATCTTTGAAGC TTATTGTGCTGGCCTGCACCAGAAGATATCTGCATTCTCATTACTAAAATTGTAGCAC AGAACTGCACTAGGATTTGTTTACAAGAAGAAATTAAAACTCTACGTTTGGTTTTCA CATATAGCAGCTCTGTTAAATAACATGCATCTGAATTTTAAGTTGCAAAGGTATCTG AGCAGTTAGTTTTTCATGTGCATCTTTTGTTGAATGTTTTGGTTCAAGAAAGAATGTT TAAAGCTTTTTAAAGACTTCAGTTCTTAATGTAACTGTACCCTTCTGCATGGAAAATC ATAACCAACATGGCTGCAGTAGACTTCTTTAGTGGTATCCAGCACCACTTGCAGAGG GCTGCTTTATCATATTGTATTTGGGTGTAGGACTCTAGTGTTCTTGGGTGTATTGCAT GGGCTGCATTATCTACAGCATTGTACAATAACAACTAGAAAAGGCAGTATACTTCAC TGATGCTTGTCTGGTAATATCACTTCTGTGTTATAATGGAAGGTTTTTTGTGATGTAT GAAACTTGTGTTTTTTATATATAAATGAGTATAGTTAGATTAGTGTTGTGGTAATGCC TGTTTTCATCTGTAAATAGTTAAGTATGTACACAAGGCACTACTTCTGATTTATTGCA GTGTTCAGTCCTAGTTTTTCTTTATTAAAACATTCAGTTTTGCTTCAATTTTATGTACT TTAGTTCTAAGTTAGATTTGCAGATGTGTACAGATAGTTCATATTTATGTATTGCACA TAATCATGCTATTCAGCATTGATGCTATATTGTATTATGTAAATAATAAAAGCAGTG TACAGAGGGAAAAAAAAACTCGTGC-3′.

[0138] In addition, the L048 clone contains an open reading frame (ORF) from basepair 414 through basepair 1055. This ORF encodes a polypeptide of 214 amino acid residues. The amino acid sequence of the L048 polypeptide is as follows: MAQETNQTPGPMLCSTGCGFYGNPRTNGMCSVCYKEHLQRQ (SEQ ID NO:11) QNSGRMSPMGTASGSNSPTSDSASVQRADATLNNCEGAAGSTSEKSRNVPVAALPVTQ QMTEMSISREDKITSPKTEVSEPVVTQPSPSVSQPSSSQSEEKAPELPKPKKNRCFMCRKK VGLTGFDCRCGNLFCGLHRY SDKHNCPYDYKAEAAAKIRKENPVVVAEKIQRI.

[0139] In addition, the L048 polypeptide was found to be cysteine rich, having a motif with distant homology to that of polypeptides with Zn⁺⁺-fingers.

[0140] Northern blot analysis using a sequence from the L048 clone revealed the presence of a 2.5 kb mRNA transcript. In addition, this analysis revealed that the expression of the L048 mRNA was strongly upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment.

[0141] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated L064. The following nucleic acid sequence is within the L064 clone: 5′-ATTCCAAAAATGCATAGATTACAAAGAAACACC (SEQ ID NO:12) AGACAAGCTCAAACTCAAGGATATTCTACAAATAAACCAGTACCTTCAAAATGCCAT GCTACCAGGTACAGACAGGCGAGANACTGTTCCACACTGAGGAAACTAACAAAGTA TCCATGAAGTCCATAATTGTGGGTCAAATCCAGGACCTGCAAAGGGGATTTGGGGAT AATTTTCAAAATTTGACTAAGGTCTGCAGAGTAGAGAGACGAGGTCAATGCCAATGT CCTGATTTTGACAGTAAGTATTTAATATGCAGGAGAACAACCTAACCAAGAGGCTG CCAACACACTTCCTGGCTGTGGCACAACTAGATTTAAAACCAGCAATTTGTTGGTTC TTGTTCTCAAATATCAGTTACCTGCAAGCACTCCATCGTGAAAGGATTGAGAGCATG AGGTGATGTGTTGATGGTGAAAATGAGAACTGACTGAGCACAGGAAAGAGTGGCAT GATGGGCAGGGAAAGGGGAGACAAAGGTCACAAGAGCATGCAACACTCAGTGAAC TACAGGACACTCCAAAAGGCACTCTGCTGTCTAGCTTGGATCTGGAGGAGGATCAG NTATTAATAAGGGCCCTGGAAGGGNCAAAGCTAGCCTCCCAGCTGCTGGCTTCCCAT CTGCT-3′.

[0142] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated L067. The following nucleic acid sequence is within the L067 clone: 5′-GCCACCACCATTGTTAATGGAGGGAGGCTCTCC (SEQ ID NO:13) CTTGTTATTTCTCAGAAGACTGAATGTCTGTACCAAAAGGCTCATGGCTTTCTCTGGG CCTTTCCATTTAAGGTTATAGTTTTTTATGTAGTGTTACTAAAATCTAGGCTTGTTACT AAAGTGGGCTTTGTAGTTATTGGTATCGGTGGATTTTTATGTTACTTGGAGTCCAGAA CAGGGAGAGCTCACCACAACCTCTCCTTTCCCTGGACCAAACACCCTCTCTGTCCT GTGAACTCACCTTTTCTTCTCTGTGGGTCACTCCCATTACCACACTGGTGAGCGAGCC AAATGGATGAGAGACACAAAGACCGTAGTTCTTGAGAGACATTATTTTTTTCAACTT TGTTTTTTAAGAGATTTTATGTGTTGATTTGTTTTGGTTTGGTTTAAAGGGATTCATA GCTAACTTGGATTTTTGTTACCTCAGCTCTGGGAGAGGATTTTTGCTGAATGACTATT AATTACCTGAGCATTGTTGCTCTGAGGTCATGGCATGCTAGCCTATGTCTGTTACAGT CTCAGGCTGCCCTTGTTTCCTCGTTCCTGTGCTATTGTGCTACACGCTCAAGGGGCCT TGACTCTGCTTACACACATTAGGGGCAGTGTGAGTAAATGTGCAGTGTCCACACTTG AGGACATGAATGTCTGCACTGTCACTTTGCTCTGGGTGTGAAGTCCCTGGTCCCCTTG CTCCTGTAGCTTTCTTTTGATCGACTACTGGAACTCAACCCTGTGTACAAGAGCAGC ACTGCCTCTGGTGGGTGGTGTTTGCAGCCAGGATTAGATGCCAGTCCTCGGGTTCCC TGGCCTTGTTGGAAAGGTGTGCTTCCTTGAGGTCTGAGAATGGAAGGCTCTGCCTCA CTCTAGCTAGGAGGCGCAATGGGAAAGTATGAGTTCAGGGCGTCAGGGCAGTGGCT CCTGAAGAGCCAGCTGTGGACAGAGGGAGTGAGGCTTTATTTAAAGTGACAGGAAG AAACATGGCGTTTTGGTATATTGGGAGCAATGCCAAGATTCCCTCCTGCCCTACATA GGTCACAGACACCTTCCCAACCATCCCCTCCTCCACTTCCATAAATGAAGACAGCCC TGATGACCCTCACCCCTTTTGCATAGGTCACTGGATCCCACTGTCCTTCCTCGGTGCT TACACACTTTACAGACCCTTTAGGCGAGCCCTTGCATAGAGCGTTATCTCAGTGCTC CATTCCAGTCCTGACTCCCTGTGGCCATTGAGACTTTGGATTTAAGAACTCACATTGC TAGGGAGAGGGGCTTTGCTGGGAAAGGTGACTCCTCTGTAACCTAGCCTCTTGTGCT CCTCCATGACAGAAATGCTGGGTGGAGTTTTACATTTGCCAATGGCCAGCTTGTGAA TATCTTCATATACACTTTCTATTCATGTTACTGTAGTTTCTGTTTTGAAATAAAACTTC TGAATGT-3′.

[0143] This clone is similar to a glucose transporter type III polypeptide.

[0144] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated L076. The following two nucleic acid sequences are within the L076 clone: 5′-CATATAAATGTACTTTATTGTTTTAAACAGAACG (SEQ ID NO:14) AAAGAAGAGGCAGAAAACATTTGCATGTAAGTCCTAGCTTATAAATGTAGTTTTTAG TGGTGGCATCTCTAACACGTCGTTCAGGGACTGTTTCCTTTTGCCTCCTTGTACTGTG AGCACTGACACTTGAGAAAAGCACATCTGGCGGACATATGTCTCCAGAACTGGAAG AACTTGGAGAGCAAACATTTTTCTTAATTCCTCTAAGTAATCTTTAGTAAAACAAAA GATGATCTTTGGCATAGATTCATACTTAAAGGCATTGATATGCATTTATATCAGGTA AGCAACTATACAGATCTGCTGAGAGCTTTCAAAAGAATCTGTTATCAGCTGAAAGGA AATAGGGGAAGCCTGAGTATTCAGGGTCAACTTAAGATTTGCAAGTTCAGTGTTGGG GTCAACATACTAGATGTGGGAAGAACATCCAGGCAAGGTCTTAGTCCTGTATTCACC TGGTTCTTGATTTCTGGAAGAAGCATCCATGCGCTAGGAAATGCTTATACAGCCGAG GTAAATGCAAAAATGAGTAAAGTCACTTTTTCACTAACTTTGCCCAATAGGRAACAT GCCTTTCTGATAAGTAGATACCATACTCTTTATTCTTGAATACTTTATATTGAGAGAA GGTTGTAGTTGGTTAAAAGCAACTGGGAACTATAACTTCCTACTGATTTTTCCCTAGC AGCACCAGAATTATATTCTGCAAATGCTATTCTCCCTTACATAGGAAATATCCTTCA GACAAAATTGCCTTTCCATTCAGTCTCTTAAGAGYTTAATTTTGAATGGACTTTTCAA AGTTACAAGCAAAGTCAAGTGTGGTGGTAGGAGCTAAGAGGCTGACACAAGTAGAT GACTTGAATCCAGAAGTTCAAGACTAGCCTGGACAACATAGAGAGACCCAGTCTCA AAATT-3′ and 5′-GGCGGGGATCTCTCGGCTGGTAAGAAGGGG (SEQ ID NO:15) CAGTGGTACCANGCGGGCACTTATTCAGTGTGCCAAGGATATCGCCAAGGCCTCTGA TGAGGTGACGAGGTTGGCCAAGGAGGTTGCCAAGCAGTGCACAGATAANGCGGNTT AGAACCAATCTCTTACAGGTCTGTGAGCGAATCCCAACTATAAGCACCCAGCTCAAA ATCCTGTCCACAGTGAAGGCCACCATGCTGGGCCGGACCAACATCAGTGACGAGGA GTCTGAGCAGGCCACAGAGATGCTGGTTCATAATGCCCAGAACCTCATGCAGTCTGT GNAAGAGACTGTGCGAGAGGCCGAAGCTGCTTCAATCAAGATTCGANCAGACGCCG GATTTACTCTGCGCTGGGTCAGAAAGACTCCCTGGTACCAGTAGGCACCTGGTCAGA CCTGGCTGGTACACAGACCTCTGCTAATGANGANGTGACCATCTTGAGCTTCAGAAG CCATTCAGAGTTGCCAAGGGGTGGNAAATCAATCCCTGGTTTCACACACCAAGAAA GGGAATGGGGCCTCCTTCACATTAGAATAAACATTTATACTCTTGTCATGGGACACT TTGAAAGTGTCTCTCCTACAAAACCCCTGGTACCTTTCAGGNTTACTCCNGGTNGCA ANNTCCTCCCCCAAGGGGAATTTTTTACCAATAAAAGGCTCAAGGAATTAANGGCG NTTGAAAACCAACNTNATCCAANGGGAAANGCCCCCNTGGCCTTCTGGCCCCCTTGG GGGNACAATTTTTCNTCCCNCTGGGTGTTTTAAATGGGGTTTCAACCTTGGGGCTGG NCCTTTTTCCNCCCCCCCTTTTAAGGGGCTTCCTCCGAAGGAACCTNAGAAAACTTN AAGGGCCAAAGNTCCANTTTACNAATAACTGGG-3′.

[0145] This clone is similar to vinculin.

[0146] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated L082. The following two nucleic acid sequences are within the L082 clone: 5′-TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCTCCCTTAAAAGAT (SEQ ID NO:16) AAACTAATAAACTCTTCAATGGTCTTTTCAGTATAGTTCTTATGTAGTTTAACATAGC TTATAAATTGAGTTTAACAATAAACTCAAGAAGATAATTTTATAAACCCTGTTTTCC AATCTGTCATTTACTTAAATTATTTTGGTTGTTTTCCCTTTTTTTCCTTCTTTCTCACCC CCTCCCTCTCCATGAAGATTCAGGTGCTTAACATATCATTTTTTTCCCTGCTGGAATT TTAGCATTGATATGAACCATGGACAAGTATATTCTGCTGCCACAAAGACTGTAAAGT GCTTCATTTCAACAGCTGAGGCAAGCCAAGTGATCATTAATAAAGCTTTTCTTGCTTC CTTCAGTGGTGTTGGTAGTAAAATGGTAGGTAAAAGTTAGGCTGCAAGTTCAATAAA TGAGATTTACCTATCATTCCACCCTTGTGTATTCATTCACCTATCCTGGTTCAAGCAG TTTGAGTCAACTAGGCATTTAAAGGCATTGTGTTTATTACTTTATGGTTCCAACTTTA CATACTTGTCAGGGATGAAGTCTGATAGGTTAAGGACAGTAGAAATTTCTGTGCAAC AAGCAGCAAC-3′ and 5′-TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTGGTTACAAAAGT (SEQ ID NO:17) ATTTATTTTATAAAACTTGTATTTAAAATAGAGCTTATCTGTCTACTCACAAATCCTA ATTTAAAACATAACACATTATCCTTAGCTAATCTGATGTTAACCTTTACAATCAACAC TCATTTTTGTAATTTTATTAAGAACCTGTACTAAATGAAGTTTTTAATCAGAAAACAT TCCCTTTTATCTTAAAAGTGCTTCTTAAATGAAGGCACCAACAAGAACTACTTTCAG ATGGTACAGAATTTCTTATTTCTTGAAGACTCTGTGGTTGACCACTTCTTCATTAGTT ACCTGCAGCAAGACACCTTCCTGCCAAAGGAAAAAAAAAAGTATCTGAAGAAGTTT ATCATGTTTGTCCAAAGAACCTAAGTAACTTCAGTGGTGGTTTTAGGATTAAAGCAG ACTCACTGATGTGTATACGCCCTGAATATCACATTTCTGGAAAGGCAGTAAAGCCTA GAAATCAGAAGGCGGGCGGTTTTAAAGAAATTTCAATAGCCAACCTACAACANTTT AGGGCAAAGATAATGGGCAAAAANTNC-3′.

[0147] This clone is potentially similar to a nRNP polypeptide A2/B1.

[0148] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated L094. The following two nucleic acid sequences are within the L094 clone: 5′-ACGATATMTAYWGARRTWYAWCTSTTHAC (SEQ ID NO:18) TGAATMWHATGCACAAATATTAACTAGTRRTTTATTAAACAGATATSATTTAGAACA AGACTTAAWKAAATACAAATCCTTAGGTACGRTTTAATATCATGTTCADGATGTTTG AAGAGTTTAAAAAGAATCACTGATTAAGKKAAGCATCCBCACTTTTCTTTGAGAABC CAAACCTTTTAGGNAAADACCCCATTCCAAATTTTGTCCCCHATTTCAGRCCKKCAG AAAGTCTCTAACATSAAGAGTCCTCAACGGGGNGTAACTCAVAWCTCCTATCAAGT GCAGTAACCTAGCTCTCCCGGDGGCCATGGCGT-3′ and 5′-AAACT (SEQ ID NO:19) AAACAGTGTTTTGTTAATTCTTCTGCATTCGGACTATTGCAGGCATTAGAGCATCCAG AGCTACGAAGGGCTGGCTGCAGCAGCACCGCCCTTTGTAAGCCAGCAGACCAGCCT TAACTGTGGGCTTGACTCCTGTGAGCTGGCCTCAGTGTGACTCAGAAATGTTTGATT AGCAGATGAGAGAGCGAGGACACACCACGAGGGCTGCGTTCTCTTCCTCCAGCGCT GTGCAGGACAGTTTCTTCTCACCCTAGCCTTTTTAAATGCACCAGAAGTACAGACAG TTGCACTACACAAACCCTTTGAACACTTGTAGAAATCAGTCCACCGTAGATTAGACA GAATCACCTTCCAATCCTTTGACTTCTTTTCCTTTCATTTGAACAATTGTATAATAATT GATTATTGTCAAATTTTTGTCTGTGGTAGTATCGCTTTAATTTATCTTAGTACATCAA CGTTTTGATTTAAAAAAGAATTAAAACAACAAAAAAAGTCACTTAGAAGCCATGAA CTTTTTTTTTTNGATNGGGAAATTTTCTTGTTTNGAAAATTATCATTGGGGTTCCTCC GGAAANCTTGTAAGATTGGNTTATAAGGTACCTGGGANGTTCANAACNGGTGGNTA TACCCTTTTTTAAGGGAAATTAATGATTTNGAGTTTTTGGGCCAACTNCGGGANTGG CAGGGAAACCANNCNGGGGNGGGGTTTAAATTNTGTGAGGGTTTTTTGGGCCTNAA TTTTTTGCATAATTTTCACCTNGNAACCTTTNAANNCTNGGAAAAAAAAAAAAACNT-3′.

[0149] Northern blot analysis using a sequence from the L094 clone revealed that the expression of the L094 mRNA was upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment. Specifically, L094 mRNA expression was induced 7.3 fold by the multiple MECS treatment as determined from Northern blot data using total RNA from rat hippocampus (Table I). In addition, developmental studies revealed that the transcriptional expression level of L094 was upregulated between day E15 and E18, and downregulated at day 0. The expression then increases again during post natal development.

[0150] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated L097. The 5′-end of the clone obtained from the first library screen was used to design an antisense primer. Using PCR, L097 DNA was amplified and inserted into the pCR2.1 vector. The L097 clone is about 4.4 kb in length. Sequence analysis of the first 4060 bases from the 3′-end revealed the presence of a coding region of at least 2351 bp. In addition, RT-PCR analysis revealed that the L097 clone was missing an adenosine at position 1166 from the 5′-end. The lack of this base results in a frame shift in the coding sequence. Further, the sequence at position 1358 was ambiguous. However, any base substitution at this particular position will not alter the encoded amino acid residue. Specifically, a serine residue will be encoded by the codon containing nucleic acid position 1358 regardless of the base at position 1358. The following nucleic acid sequence is within the L097 clone: 5′-TGCAGCCGCCCTTGGAACTGCATGTCAGGAAGCATCCCTTTGTGTA (SEQ ID NO:20) TGTCTGTGCTATATGTCTCAAGAAATTTGTCAGCTCAATCAGGCTGCGCTCCCATATC CGAGAGGTGCATGGGGCGGCCCAGGAGACCTTGGTTTTTACTAGCTCCATCAACCAG AGTTTCTGCCTCCTGGAGCCTGGTGGGGATATCCAGCAGGAAGCCTTGGGAAACCAG CTATCACTGACAGCTGAGGAATTTGTGTGTCCAGAAATTGATGTACGTAAGGGGGAG GTTTGTCCTGGGGAAGCTCAGCCTGAGGTGGGGCTGAGGGAGTTGGAGGCCCCTGG AGAAGCATGTGCCCCAGCCGTGCCCTTGGCCAACCCCCAGAGTGTCAGTGTTTCCCT GTCCCCCTGCAAACTGGAAACCACTGTGGTCAATTCCGACCTCAACTCTCTTGGAGT GGTTTCAGATGATTTTTTACTGAAAACTGATACCTCTTCTGCTGAGCCTCATGCTGCT GCTGAGCTAACCTCAGACACACAGCATCGAGGCTCAGCCCAGACTCAGGGTGAAGA AGTCACACTGCTGCTGGCCAAGGCCAAAAGTACTGGACCAGACTCAGAGAGTCCTC CAAGTGGAGGGCAGAATGTGGGTGCTCTGCCAGCCAGTGAATCTGACTCTAACAGG TGTCTCAGGGCAAACCCAGCAGAGACCTCAGACCTCCTTCCTACAGTGGCTGATGGA GGAGACCTCGGTGTGTGCCAGCCTGACTCTTGCACGTCGTCCTCTGAGCACCACCCT GGCAGCACAGCATTCATGAAGGTCCTAGACAGTCTCCAGAAGAAGCAGATGAACAC CAGTCTTTGCGAGCGGATCCGGAAGGTTTATGGAGACCTGGAGTGTGAATACTGTGG CAAACTTTTTTGGTACCAAGTGCATTTTGACATGCATGTCCGCACCCACACCCGGGA ACATCTGTATTATTGCTCCCAGTGTCACTACTCTTCCATCACCAAAAACTGCCTTAAA CGCCATGTAATTCAGAAACACAGTAACATCTTGCTGAAGTGTCCCACTGACGGCTGT GACTACTCGACTCCAGATAAATATAAGCTACAGGCCCACCTTAAAGTTCACACAGAG CTGGACAAAAGGAGTTATTCTTGTCCTGTATGTGAAAAATCTTTTTCAGAAGACCGA TTGATAAAGTCACATATCAAGACTAATCATCCAGAGGTCTCCATGAATACCATTTCT GAGGTTCTTGGGAGAAGAGTCCAGCTCAAAGGGCTAATTGGAAAGCGAGCCATGAA GTGTCCGTATTGCGATTTCTATTTCATGAAGAATGGCTCAGACCTTCAGCGGCACAT CTCNGCTCACGAGGGTGTGAAGCCCTTCAAATGTTCTTTGTGTGAGTATGCAACTCG TAGCAAGAGCAACCTCAAAGCTCATATGAATCGTCACAGCACTGAGAAGACTCACC TCTGTGACATGTGTGGCAAGAAATTCAAATCCAAAGGGACATTAAAGAGTCATAAG CTCCTTCACACATCTGATGGGAAGCAATTCAAGTGCACGGTGTGTGACTACACAGCT GCCCAGAAACCACAGCTGCTGCGACACATGGAGCAGGATGCCTCCTTCAAGCCTTTC CGCTGCGCTCACTGTCATTATTCATGTAACATCTCTGGATCTCTGAAACGGCACTACA ACAGGAAGCACCCCAACGAGGAGTATGCCAACGTGGGCAGCGGGGAGCTTGCAGCT GAAGCCCTCATCCAACAAGGTGGTCTGAAGTGTCCTGTTTGCAGCTTTGTGTATGGA ACCAAATGGGAGTTCAACAGACACTTGAAGAACAAGCATGGCTTGAAGCCAGCGAC AGAGACTCCCGAGGAGCCCTCCACCCAGTATCTCTACATCACCGAGGCTGAAGATGT TCAGGGGACACAAGCAGCTGTAGCTGCACTTCAGGACCTGCGATATACCTCCGAGA GTGGTGATCGACTTGACCCCACAGCTGTGAATATCCTGCAGCAGATCATTGAACTGG GTTCAGAGACTCACGATGCTGCTGCCGTGGCCTCCGTGGTTGCCATGGCGCCTGGGA CAGTGACTGTTGTAAAGCAGGTCACCGATGAGGAACCCAATTCCAACCATACAGTC ATGATCCAGGAGACTCTGCAGCAGGCCTCTGTGGAGTTGGCCGAGCAGCACCATCTG GTGGTGTCCTCTGATGACGTGGAGGGCATTGAGACAGTGACAGTGTACACACAGGG TGGGGAGGCCTCAGAGTTCATCGTGTACGTGCAAGAGGCTGTCCAGCCCATGGAGG AGCAGGTCGGGGAGCAGCCAGCCACAGAACTCTAGAGAATCCCTGCCTCCTTTGGC AGCCAGCCTTTGTGGGCCTGAAGACCTCCTAACCCACCAGGTCCATCCCTGGCTCTT CTTGCCCACTGGCCCCAGATAAATTTCTCCATAACTGTCCTCTGTGTGGTCAAAGCCA GGAGAGTATCATGAAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGACTAGTCTCCGAGTTTTTTTTTT-3′.

[0151] In addition, the following amino acid sequence is within the L097 polypeptide: QPPLELHVRKHPFVYVCAICLKKFVSSIRLRSHIREVHGAAQETLV (SEQ ID NO:21) FTSSINQSFCLLEPGGDIQQEALGNQLSLTAEEFVCPEIDVRKGEVCPGEAQPEVGLRELE APGEACAPAVPLANPQSVSVSLSPCKLETTVVNSDLNSLGVVSDDFLLKTDTSSAEPHAA AELTSDTQHRGSAQTQGEEVTLLLAKAKSTGPDSESPPSGGQNVGALPASESDSNRCLR ANPAETSDLLPTVADGGDLGVCQPDSCTSSSEHHPGSTAFMKVLDSLQKKQMNTSLCER IRKVYGDLECEYCGKLFWYQVHFDMHVRTHTREHLYYCSQCHYSSITKNCLKRHVIQK HSNILLKCPTDGCDYSTPDKYKLQAHLKVHTELDKRSYSCPVCEKSFSEDRLIKSHIKTN HPEVSMNTISEVLGRRVQLKGLIGKRAMKCPYCDFYFMKNGSDLQRHISAHEGVKPFKC SLCEYATRSKSNLKAHMNRHSTEKTHLCDMCGKKFKSKGTLKSHKLLHTSDGKQFKCT VCDYTAAQKPQLLRHMEQDASFKPFRCAHCHYSCNISGSLKRHYNRKHPNEEYANVGS GELAAEALIQQGGLKCPVCSFVYGTKWEFNRHLKNKHGLKPATETPEEPSTQYLYITEA EDVQGTQAAVAALQDLRYTSESGDRLDPTAVNILQQIIELGSETHDAAAVASVVAMAPG TVTVVKQVTDEEPNSNHTVMIQETLQQASVELAEQHHLVVSSDDVEGIETVTVYTQGGE ASEFIVYVQEAVQPMEEQVGEQPAT EL.

[0152] Using tblast2x algorithms, nine Zn⁺⁺-fingers were identified by homology to motifs of Zn⁺⁺-finger containing polypeptides (accession # PIR2:A32368, S03677, A29634, S06571, and A60392). The presence of the multiple Zn⁺⁺-finger domains suggests that the L097 clone is a transcription factor, however, the size of the encoded polypeptide is in excess of 700 amino acids.

[0153] Northern blot analysis using a sequence from the L097 clone indicated that the L097 mRNA transcript is rather rare. In addition, this analysis revealed that the expression of the L097 mRNA was very weakly upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment.

[0154] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated L099. The following four nucleic acid sequences are within the L099 clone: 5′-TGGATCTACTTGTTAATGGTTTCATGGAAGC (SEQ ID NO:22) AATCAGCAATATGTGATATGAACTGCTGCATTACTTATTATACTCGTGGAACTGAGA TATTTARMSRSMGCTTWWYTTTTTTTTTTYTTAGTGTAAAATACTTAAGCGTTTCCAC TATTGGAAGAAAAGCATATATGGGTATTTTGTATTGTAACTTGTTTAAAAGGACAGT CTTTTTTAAYCTTCCCACTTAAATGCTTTAAAATATGTAATACAATTTGAAGCTTGT TTAAAAATAGAATTAAATGTCTTAWATAGKGCTACKGTTTTGGAATTAGAAAGTGAT CAAATACAAAACATTTTAAAATTAAGCCCAGAAAACAAAATAGTGTTTAAAGTTAG TTTAGTATAAAAGAAATTTATAAGATTTTTTCTTCAATATAAGATACCTCACTTGAAA ATAAAGAAAGCACAGCACATTAAAGTAATTCTCATGAGAACACCCCATTAGAATAA TTGCTAAATCTAGGACACCTTTTGAGTTGTGAGTTTGTGATACATGTAGTCACCATTA GCTTTTCTGCTGGAAGGACTTCCCGTAGTAATTTTAAGGCAGTGTAATAGTTCAATTA CCCCACAGTTTCTAACCTGGGAAGGCAGTATGTGAATGGTCCCTTCTGCAACTACGG AAACACATTAGCTACATTGAGCATAACTCGATTGATAATTTTGCCAGTGCATATAGT TTTATGATTAAAATTGCTGTGGTTGGTTGCATTACACGACACACAAAACTGTCCTCTA CCTCACATGAAATAAATATTTTATATGGTTTTACTAAAAAAATGACTCATCTATCTGG TTACTTAGTTTACAAATTTTGGATTATATTTATTGAAACATGACATACTGTGCTCTTA GCTTATACCTCAATCGTATTTTGTGCTGTTTGCCATTTTCATGCCTTGTATATAACTTG TATAGATTGGATGATATTCCCAATAAACACTTTTAATKCCAAWRAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAA-3′; 5′-TAATGTTTATGATACAAAGCTACTCACTCTG (SEQ ID NO:23) GAGCCTTCTCATTACAGAATCTCTTGACTTTTATACACCCAGCCTGTTGTTACTTTGT TCAGGTTGCAGAATGAGTTTCCTCTGGTTTCCTCCTAGAGGAGTTTTCCTGATGAAAT GCTAGTAGCACCTCCCCGACATACAGCGGGTGGGTGGGGCACACTTTGCTGTGCTCT GATGGTACACACAAGAAGCAGTTGTAATTTGTCTTTCTGTTTAAGAGTGACCATAGC TAGATATGTGTGTGTGACTTCAGAAAATTAAAATGCTTTCCGAACTTTTCCTGTTAAT AGAGGTGTGAAGTACTCATTCATGTGCATGAGGAAAGTGGATTCCACGGACGCACA CCGCTTCCTATGTAACTCACAATGCTCTGTACAGTTTTTATATGTAGTCTTACAAAGG TCTTATGAAATTTATATAATGGATTTTTTCTTTTAAATTATAAAATACTAAATATCTT AAAGATTGTTTTGGACTTTTGTATGTTTAAATGTTATCTTAAAACTTGCACAAATGGA CCATGATGACTCTTTGATCTTAAAATCAGGAATTTACAGTCAGCTAAGAAAAATGTG GATAGGTTAATAATCCACAGTGGGAGTATCTGCTAGGAGCAGGAATTGTAGATGAC ATGAATTCCGTGATTTGAGGAAGGGCAGCCTCTGCACTTTTCTTTGTTTTTGTTTTTT GCACATGAAGTCTGACATTTTTACCATCGAATTTCACATTACTAGATGGTTGGCTTGG GATTTACCTAGGGGAAATTCTTAGCAACTTTGTACTTTGTTGTTTTTGTTCTGTTTGGT CTCCAGCTTGCAGAGACCCTCTTGCCTCTGTCTCCCAAGTGTTGGGTTGGCAGGATG AGCCCCACCACCGCTGGCCCTGTGCAGTTCTTTTGGGATGTCCCTGAAAGCAGCTGT GGCATTATCTTCTGTTTCATGTGTCCCGAGCTGTCTCATGGTACTACATGCAGTGACC TGAGATCTGCGTTAAGGAATAACTTAGGAGAAAACGGCTGTCACTGTCCTCCCCGCT GTGAGACACCAGAGTTATCACACCTGTTATGGTCATACTTTGTGTTATGATACTGAT GTCTAAGGCAATTTTTCTACTTTCCAAAAGGGAGTTTGTTTCCTAAATATATTGTGAC CTAAATGTGGTTTTATTCTGCTATGTTCTATAATTTATGTATTGACTTTTGTAACCTCC TTGGGAGAAACATGTTAAGTGGCACAGGGACCATATATGTCATTTTATTTAGCTCTG GAGAAGGAAACCACAGGCGTTTGTAAAATAGCATTAGCTTAGATGTCAGTTCATTGT GCTTGGCTGTGTGGGAGGCAGACTCAAGGACTTGCACCATTTATTTTTCTGACAGAA GTGTTCTGCTTATGTGCTGCTTAGTAAGTGTGATTTTTCTAGTCTTGATGAAACTTGC CTCGTGACATTGTTGAGCGTAGTCTTCACTTTCCAGAAGATGAAATGATGTGCCATC ATTTTCTGTCTAAACTTCCTTTAAAGTAATTTTTAATCAGCTGTAAATATCATATCTC CTACTGTTGAAAGTAACTTTAATTTACATTGCACCATATAGCTTGAAAACCAACTTTG AAATTCTGTACTCCTCCACAAGTGACCTCCGCTAAAATACCCATAGGAAGCTTACTT TGTGCATGCNTGCTTTGTGTGCCGGTTGCCGTCCTAANGGTTGCTTTGGG-3′; 5′-TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTAGTGTAAAATACTTAAGCGTTTCCACTA (SEQ ID NO:24) TTGGAAGAAAAGCATATATGGGTATTTTGTATTGTAACTTGTTTAAAAGGACAGTCT TTTTTAATCTTCCCACTTAAATGCTTTTAAAATATGTAATACAATTTGAAGCTTGTTT AAAAATAGAATTAAATGTCTTATATAGTGCTACTGTTTTGGAATTAGAAAGTGATCA AATACAAAACATTTTAAAATTAAGCCCAGAAAACAAAATAGTGTTTAAAGTTAGTTT AGTATAAAAGAAATTTATGAGATTTTTTCTTCAATATAAGATACCTCACTTGAAAAT AAAGAAAGCACAGCACATTAAAGTAATTCTCATGAGAACACCCCATTAGAATAATT GCTAAATCTAGGACACCTTTTGAGTTGTGAAGTTTGTGATACATGTAGTCACCATTA GCTTTTCTGCTGGAAGGACTTCCCGTAGTAATTTTAAAGNAGTGTAATAAGTTCAAT TANCCCACAAGTTTCTAANCTGGGAAAGNAANTATGGTGAATGGNCCCTTCTGCAAC TACGGGAACACA-3′; and 5′-TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTGGCATTAA (SEQ ID NO:25) AAGTGTTTATTGGGAATATCATCCAATCTATACAAGTTATATACAAGGCATGAAAAT GGCAAACAGCACAAAATACGATTGAGGTATAAGCTAAGAGCACAGTATGTCATGTT TCAATAAATATAATCCAAAATTTGTAAACTAAGTAACCAGATAGATGAGTCATTTTT TTAGTAAAACCATATAAAATATTTATTTCATGTGAGGTAGAGGACAGTTTTGTGTGT CGTGTAATGCAACCAACCACAGCAATTTTAATCATAAAACTATATGCACTGGCAAAA TTATCAATCGAGTTATGCTCAATGTAGCTAATGTGTTTCCGTAGTTGCAGAAGGGAC CATTCACATACTGCCTTCCCAGGTTAGAAACTGTGGGGTAATTGAACTATTACACTG CCTTAAAATTACTACGGGAAGTCCTTCCAGCAGAAAAGCTAATGGTGACTACATGTA TCACAAACTCACAACTCAAAAGGTGTCCTAGATTTAGCAATTATTCTAATGGGGTGT TCTCATGAGAATTACTTTAATGTGCTGTGCTTTCTTTATTTCAAGTGAGGTATCTTAT ATTGAAGAAAAAATCCATAA-3′.

[0155] This clone is similar to sno I.

[0156] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated L100. The L100 clone is 2924 bp in length and has a nucleic acid sequence as follows: 5′-TGCGGCCGCCGGGGCCGGG (SEQ ID NO:26) GCTGAGCCAGTCTCTCCCGCCGCCGCCGGACGCGCAGACCTGGGCAGGCTGCACCG ACGGCCGCCTGGCCGAGCGCACTGCAGGTCGCTGCGCGCGCTGCGACCCCGGGGCC CGGACGCGAGTGGCTGCGGTGTCCTGGGCGAGCACTGCTAGTTTAGGCCGTCTGTCC TCAGCTGCTTGGAACCCCTACATCCCACCATGGCTGGGATACAGAAGAGGAAGTTTG ACCAGCTGGAAGAGGACGACTGCAGCTCCTCCTCCTTGTCCTCTGGCGATCTCTCTC CCTCTCCTCCCAGCTCTTCTGCCTCCCCTGCCTGGACCTCTGAGGAGGAGGGACTGG GTGATCAGCCACCCCAGCCTGATCAGGACTCCAGTGGCATCCAGAGTTTAACGCCCC CATCCATCCTGAAGCGGGCTCCTCGGGAGCGTCCGGGTCACGTGGCCTTCGATGGCA TCACTGTCTACTATTTCCCGCGGTGCCAGGGATTCACCAGTGTGCCCAGCCATGGTG GCTGTACCCTGGGCATGGCTTCTCGTCATAGCACCTGCCGCCTCTTCTCCTTAGCCGA GTTTAAACAGGAGCAGTTCCGGGCTCGGCGTGAGAAGCTCCGTCGGCGTTTAAAGG AGGAGAAGCTAGAGATGCTGAAATGGAAGCTTTCAGTGTCCGGAGTTCCGGAGGCA GGGGCAGACGTGCCGCTCACAGTGGACGCCATCGATGACGCTTCTGTAGAGGAGGA CTTGGCAGTGGCCGTGGCAGGTGGCCGCCTGGAGGAAGCGAATTTCCTACAGCCCTA TCCACCTCGGCAGCGACGGGCCCTACTTCGCGCTTCCGGTGTTCGAAGGATTGACCG AGAGGAGAAGCACGAGCTGCAGGCGCTACGCCAATCCCGGGAGGATTGTGGTTGTC ACTGTGATGGCGTCTGTGACCCTGAGACCTGCAGTTGCATCCTGGCGGGCATTAAAT GCCAGATGGATCACACGTCCTTCCCCTGTGGCTGCTGCAGCGAGGGCTGTGAGAACC CCCATGGTCGAGTGGAATTCAATCAGGCGAGAGTTCAGACACACTTCATCCACACGC TCACCCGCCTGCAGATGGAGCAGGGTGCGGAGAGTTTGGGGGACCCGGAGTCCCCC ATGGAGGACGTTCCTGTCGAACAAACCGTGGTTTCCCCCTTTCCTCCTTCCAAACCCA CTATGAGCAATGACCTGGGGGACAGCAGCTGTGGCAGCGACATGACAGACTCTTCC ACGACCTACTCCTCTGGCGGCAGTGGCAGCCGCAGCGAGGCTCCGAACCATCTTGCC CACCCCAGCCTGCCAGGTTCCAGCTTCCGGTCTGGCATAGATGAAGACAGCCTGGAA CAGATCCTGAATTTCAGTGACTCTGACCTCGGTATTGAGGAAGAAGAGGAGGAGGG AGGGAGTGTGGGCAACTTGGATAACCTCAGCTGTTTTCATTTGGCTGACATCTTTGG TACCGGTGACCCCGGCAGCCTGGCTAGCTGGACACACAGCCAGTTTGGCTCTAGCCT TCCATCGGGCATCCTAGATGAGAATGCCAACCTGGACGCCAGCTGCTTCCTAAGCAG CGGACTCGAAGGGTTGAGAGAAGGTAGCCTCCCCAGCAGTTCTGGGTCCCCTGAGG GGGAAGCCGCCCAGAGCAGCTCCTTGGACCTCAGTTTATCCTCCTGTGACTCCTTTG AGCTTCTCCAATCTCTGCCAGATTATAGTCTGGGGCCTCACTATACTTCCCGAAGGGT ATCTGGCAGCCTGGACAGCCTTGAGACCTTCCACCCTTCGCCCAGCTTCTCTCCACCG AGGGATGCCAGCTTCCTGGATTCTCTCATAGGCCTGTCTGAGCCGGTTACAGATGTC CTGGCGCCCCTTCTGGAGAGCCAGTTTGAGGACACTGCTGTGGTGCCTTTGGACCCT GTGCCTGTGTAAGGATTGAGATGACTTTTTCCTGCCCTGAGACCCTGTTGCTGCTTTT TATGTGATCTTGGTGTCCCCCAAGGTCTGTGTATGTAACGGTCTCCCGTGGGCTGGTT CTGCCCCCGTGCCATGTGGGCAATCCTCTATTTTTACAGTAACACTCTAGATTTATTT ATTTTTTTATGTTTTTCTGTACTGAAGGGAGGGTGGGAAGGGTATCCCTCTTTCAATG CCTGGCCTCTATGTCCAAACAGAGGTCTCCCACCTCCTACTGTATGCCTGGAGGAGG AAGGGGCGGGGTTCACATCCCCTCTTTCTGTACTGTAAAATGCTCCTTGGTCCAAAG ACAGCTGAAAAGCAGGCCTTAGGGTTTCCTGTGGACCGTGGGAGCTAGGTCTTCTGG ACTCTGAAGATGTAATTTATTTCTGTAATTTATTTGGGGACTGAGACAGCAGTGGTT GGGCCTCTCTGGCAGGTGGGCGGTGTTGAGGCAAAGTCTTCGGTGTCCCCCGCCGGT CTGGGCTTCGGTGTGGCGTGTAGGTTCGAGCTGAGCAGACGGAGGCTGTGCTTGACC ATCGGTGATCAAAACTCCCTCTGCCCCCTGCCCAGACGCTCTAACATGCCCTCTGTCC ATTTCCCTCTCCCCAAGGCCATGGGTTATAAAGGCCCTATGTAGGATGGGGAGCCAG AGGCCCTAAGACATGAAGCACACCCCAGATCACTGTCTCTAGCCTTTCTGGGCACTG AATCCATCCTGACCCACCACACACCCCCCGGCCAGTTGGCAAGAAAGAGGTGGCTCT TGGGGGCTTTTATGCCCTTCATTAGCTGATGTTGGATTTTATATGCATTTTTATATTGT CTCTAAGTGTCAGAACTATAATTTATTCATTTCTCTGTGTGTGTGTGTGCCAAGAAAC GCAGGCTCTGGGCCTGCCTCCTTGCCCAGGAGGCCTTGCCAGCCTGTGTGCTTGTGA GAACACATTGTACCTGAGCTGACAGGTACCAATAAAGACACTCTATTTTTAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAA-3′.

[0157] In addition, the L100 clone contains an ORF from basepair 145 through basepair 1890. This ORF encodes a polypeptide of 582 amino acid residues. The translational start site was assigned to the first methionine residue in the ORF. The amino acid sequence of the L100 polypeptide is as follows: MAGIQKRKFDQLEEDDC (SEQ ID NO:27) SSSSLSSGDLSPSPPSSSASPAWTSEEEGLGDQPPQPDQDSSGIQSLTPPSILKRAPRERPGH VAFDGITVYYFPRCQGFTSVPSHGGCTLGMASRHSTCRLFSLAEFKQEQFRARREKLRRR LKEEKLEMLKWKLSVSGVPEAGADVPLTVDAIDDASVEEDLAVAVAGGRLEEANFLQP YPPRQRRALLRASGVRRIDREEKHELQALRQSREDCGCHCDGVCDPETCSCILAGIKCQ MDHTSFPCGCCSEGCENPHGRVEFNQARVQTHFIHTLTRLQMEQGAESLGDPESPMEDV PVEQTVVSPFPPSKPTMSNDLGDSSCGSDMTDSSTTYSSGGSGSRSEAPNHLAHPSLPGSS FRSGIDEDSLEQILNFSDSDLGIEEEEEEGGSVGNLDNLSCFHLADIFGTGDPGSLASWTH SQFGSSLPSGILDENANLDASCFLSSGLEGLREGSLPSSSGSPEGEAAQSSSLDLSLSSCDS FELLQSLPDYSLGPHYTSRRVSGSLDSLETFHPSPSFSPPRDASFLDSLIGLSEPVTDVLAPL LESQFEDTAVVPLDPVPV.

[0158] This amino acid sequence was found to contain numerous cysteine residues, forming a motif that has features of a methalothionein-like motif. Alignment analysis revealed that the L100 methalothionein-like motif exhibits higher similarity with the methalothionein motif from C. elegans than with the methalothionein motif from mouse.

[0159] Northern blot and in situ analysis using a sequence from the L100 clone revealed that L100 mRNA is weakly expressed in wild-type rat brain. For in situ hybridization, Dig-labeled cRNA probes were used as described elsewhere (Kuner et al., Science 283:5398 (1999)). Specifically, this weak L100 mRNA expression was observed in the pyramidal cell layers as well as the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, thalamus, cortex, cerebellar granule cell layers, and several fiber tracts including the fimbria hippocampus and the cingulum. In addition, Northern blot analysis revealed that the expression of the L100 mRNA was strongly upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment. Specifically, L100 mRNA expression was induced 17.2 fold by the multiple MECS treatment as determined from Northern blot data using total RNA from rat hippocampus (Table I).

[0160] The mRNA expression pattern of L100 demonstrated a compelling overlap with neuronal populations known to release Zinc into the synapse via synaptic vesicles and to take-up Zinc post-synaptically. Briefly, synaptic release and uptake of Zinc may participate in the induction and maintenance of epileptic seizures and the neuronal cell death following epileptic seizures and ischemia. The L100 metallothionine-like motif most likely enables the L100 polypeptide to bind Zinc or other divalent cations in vivo. The expression of L100 mRNA in Zinc-containing neuronal populations in the brain indicates that L100 polypeptide may sequester Zinc in brain.

[0161] In addition, when acute seizures were induced by kainate treatment, the expression of L100 mRNA was strongly upregulated (Tables II and III). Kainate-induced seizures is a model used to study epilepsy. Briefly, 300-350 g male Sprague-Dawley rats were intrapertoneally injected with either 10 mg/kg body weight of kainate or PBS. RNA samples from the hippocampus, cortex, and cerebellum were prepared from treated rats at 1.5, 6, and 24 hours post-injection. This RNA then was used to measure mRNA expression by Northern blot and RT-PCR analysis. Control mRNA measurements included c-fos, GAPDH, NO-38, and ATF-4 for the Northern blot analysis, and Hsp70, c-jun, Zif268, c-fos, Clathrin, and β-actin for the RT-PCR analysis. A Phosphoimager FLA2000 (Fuji) was used to analyze the data, which was expressed as the Integral PSL-background PSL (ID evaluation with Aida version 2.0).

[0162] At six hours following kainate injection, strong upregulation of the L100 mRNA was observed, by in situ hybridization, in the dentate gyrus and areas CA3 and CA4 of the. hippocampus as well as the associated entorrhinal cortex, the cingulum, and fimbria, which are brain areas known to be highly excited in and which mediate Kainate-induced seizures. Moderate upregulation of the L100 mRNA also was found in the thalamic nuclei, temporal, parietal, frontal, medial orbital, and cingulate cortex as well as in the cerebellar granule cells. Thus, the data presented herein indicates that L100 participates in cellular mechanisms mediating kainate-induced epileptic seizures and the consequent neurodegeneration. TABLE II mRNA expression normalized to GADPH expression 1.5 hour 1.5 hour 6 hour 6 hour 24 hour 24 hour Clone PBS kainate PBS kainate PBS kainate Hippocampus: L100 4622 85251 7847 15444 3940 16551 L119 2816 69982 4597 11519 2787 12944 Cortex: L100 — — 81 290 86 131 L119 — — 255 1262 538 505

[0163] TABLE III Fold increase in mRNA expression upon kainate treatment Hippocampus Cortex Clone 1.5 hour 6 hour 24 hour 1.5 hour 6 hour 24 hour A013 9.8 — — L094 3.6 — — L100 18.44 1.97 4.20 3.58 1.52 L119 24.85 2.51 4.64 — R113 2.0 — — R286 — — —

[0164] In addition , when acute seizures were induced by pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) treatment, the expression of L100 mRNA was strongly upregulated (Tables IV and V). PTZ-induced seizures is a model used to study epilepsy and ischemia. Briefly, 300-350 g male Sprague-Dawley rats were intrapertoneally injected with either 50 mg/kg body weight of PTZ or PBS. Total RNA samples from the hippocampus, cortex, and cerebellum were prepared from treated rats at 20 minutes, 6 hours, and 24 hours post-injection. This RNA then was used to measure mRNA expression by Northern blot analysis. Control mRNA measurements included c-fos and GAPDH. A Phosphoimager FLA2000 (Fuji) was used to analyze the data, which was expressed as the Integral PSL-background PSL (ID evaluation with Aida version 2.0). TABLE IV mRNA expression normalized to GADPH expression 20 min 20 min 6 hour 6 hour 24 hour 24 hour Clone PBS PTZ PBS PTZ PBS PTZ Hippocampus: L100 534 1637  854 1992  966 1903 L119 342 965 — — — — Cortex: L100 958 2719 1162 3740 1175 1825 L119 577 1605 — — — —

[0165] TABLE V Fold increase in mRNA expression upon PTZ treatment Hippocampus Cortex Clone 20 min 6 hour 24 hour 20 min 6 hour 24 hour L100 3.1   2.33 1.97 2.84 3.22 1.55 L119 2.82 — — 2.78 — — R113 — 2.0 — R286 — 2.6 —

[0166] In another study, the expression pattern of L100 and L119 was determined using two models for ischemia. Briefly, neurons degenerate in brain and spinal cord after acute insults (e.g., stroke, cardiac arrest, and trauma) and during progressive, adult-onset diseases (e.g., amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Alzheimer's disease). Impaired energy metabolism plays an important role in neuronal cell death after brain ischemia, and apoptosis has been implicated in cell death induced by metabolic impairment. The irreversible inhibitor of succinate dehydrogenase in the mitochondria, 3-nitroproplonic acid (3-NP), inhibits oxidative phosphorylation and causes intracellular hypoxia. Thus, one model used to study ischemia involves intrastriatal injections of 3-NP, which is known to produce selective cell death similar to that observed in transient ischemia and Huntington's disease (McLaughlin et al., J. Neurochem 70:2406-2415 (1998)). The other model is a global ischemic paradigm that involves a 15 minute insult by complete occlusion of the carotis.

[0167] In the 3-NP study, 220-300 g Wistar rats were intraperitoneally injected with 20 mg/kg body weight. Three hours post-injections, the brain was removed and total RNA prepared. In the global ischemia study, 220-300 g Wistar rats were received a 15 minute insult (bilateral occlusion of the Carotis/arterial pressure=35 mm Hg). One hour later, the rats received a reperfusion followed by immediate brain dissection and total RNA preparation. Untreated rats were used as controls for each study. Ten (10) μg of total rat brain RNA (without cerebellum) was loaded per lane and blotted. Probes were prepared from the 3′ untranslated regions of L100 and L119. The Northern blot data was collected using a Phosphoimager (FLA2000 Fuji, Tina software) and expressed as PSL-background.

[0168] L119 mRNA expression was upregulated 6-fold by global ischemia while L100 mRNA expression was not inducible by global ischemia (Table VI). This result indicates that only seizure related stimuli alter the expression level of L100 and that L100 is not a general marker for stress response of the cell like c-fos. TABLE VI mRNA expression after 3-NP or global ischemia treatment. Probe Untreated 3-NP Global Ischemia c-fos 18.1 26.64 216.22 GAPDH 487.02 587.51 593.31 L100 30.95 43.82 40.15 L119 55.48 41.94 332.73

[0169] Northern blot analysis using multiple tissues from rat revealed that the expression of L100 and L119 mRNA was not brain specific (Table VII). Briefly, fragments from the 3′ untranslated region of L100 and other IEG clones were labeled with ³²P-dCTP. The denatured probe was hybridized with 10 μg total RNA from rat brain, liver, lung, muscle, intestine, eye, heart, testis, and kidney in the Quik Hyb-solution (Stratagene) at 68° C. and washed with 0.1×SSC at 60° C. For L100, after one day of exposure, signals were detected at the 3 kb position in brain. In addition, a weaker signal was detected in heart and a faint signal detected in kidney. A strong signal was detected in testis but this signal was at a position corresponding to a size smaller than 3 kb. For L119, a strong signal was detected in heart and weaker signal in brain. In addition, only very faint signals were detected in liver, kidney, and testis. TABLE VII mRNA expression in various rat tissues. Kid- Mus- Intes- Probe Brain Liver Lung Heart ney cle tine Testis Eye A013 (+) (+) (+) (+) L094 + + (+) + (+) + L100 +++ ++ + +++(*) L119 ++ +++ R113 (+) (+) (+) (+) (+) (+) (+) R286 +++ (+) +++ (+) + (+) (+) ++

[0170] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated L111. The first round of screening produced a clone (designated L111-5) that contained a 3.0 kb fragment of L111. A second round of screening using the coding region of L111-5 as a probe produced several additional clones. The following nucleic acid sequence is within the L111 clone: 5′-ATTCGGCACGAGCCAGAG (SEQ ID NO:28) TGAAGGGGCATGGAGAAGTGGACGGCCTGGGAGCCGCAGGGCGCCGATGCGCTGCG GCGCTTTCAAGGGTTGCTGCTGGACCGCCGCGGCCGGCTGCACTGCCAAGTGTTGCG CCTGCGCGAAGTGGCCCGGAGGCTCGAGCGTCTACGGAGGCGCTCCTTGGCAGCCA ACGTAGCTGGCAGCTCTCTGAGCGCTGCTGGCGCCCTAGCAGCCATCGTGGGGTTAT CACTCAGCCCGGTCACCCTGGGAGCCTCGCTCGTGGCGTCCGCCGTGGGCTTAGGGG TGGCCACCGCCGGAGGGGCAGTCACCATCACGTCCGACCTCTCTCTGATCTTCTGCA ATTCCCGGGAGGTACGGAGGGTGCAAGAGATCGCCGCCACCTGCCAGGACCAGATG CGCGAACTCCTGAGCTGCCTTGAGTTCTTCTGTCAGTGGCAGGGGCGCGGGGACCGC CAGCTGCTGCAGAGCGGGAGGGACGCCTCCATGGCTCTTTACAACTCTGTCTACTTC ATCGTCTTCTTCGGCTCGCGTGGCTTCCTCATCCCCAGGCGTGCGGAGGGGGCCACC AAAGTCAGCCAGGCCGTGCTGAAGGCCAAGATTCAGAAACTGTCTGAGAGCCTGGA GTCCTGCACTGGTGCCCTGGATGAACTTAGTGAGCAGCTGGAATCCCGGGTCCAGCT CTGTACCAAGGCCGGCCGTGGTCACAACCTCAGGAACTCCCCTGATCTGGATGCAGC GTTGTTTTTCTAAGAGCATCCTCTAGCTGTGTGGAATGTTCTAGATTCGCAGCATCCA CAAGGAAGTGCTACATGGGCGGAGTGCAAAGGATTTCAGAAGCTCTTCTTGCAGGG CATCAGTCCGTAGCTCCTTGTGTGTGCGAAAGACTTTTCACTTGTGTAATCCCAACTG AGTATGTGACCCTAAACAGTCACTTTGGGGACTCCCCAAATCCTTTTTAGCTGCACA CAGCTTGTCAGACTGTCCTTCAATTAGAGTTATTGGGGTGGGGGGGCTTGATGGCTT GAGTAATAGAGGTCTGGCGAGGTGTCTCCCTCTTGGACCTCTTATGTGTTGTTACTAG AATCCTGAGATTCTCAAATGTTGGTGAGAGGAGACTTTTACTTTTCAACTTTGCTTCG GCAGTTTCCGATACACAGGACTCCAGAATCCAGAACAAGAAAGAAGAACCTTGTGT TTGTAGGGTGTGCAGACCCAGACGGGGCCGAGGAGCTGACTTGCTCAGCTCTCACAC GCAGCCAGTTTATCCACTCACAGACCAAACCTGGCTACTGCATAGACTGTTCCAGTG TGGCTTCAAATCCACACCTCTAGGTACCCTGAGAAGGAAAGCCACCTGAAGAGTCA CTCTAATCCCAACACGCTCACCCCCTTCACGTCCATAAAGGAGCTGGGCAAGGGGTG AGATGAAGACCCTGACAATTTTAAATGACTGTAGCATAGAGAGCCATGGCCTTTGAG TTTAAGAGTCTTGATCCCAGGTTCTGTCCCCCACTGTCCTGTGACTTAGCCACCTTGT CTTGCTACAGATGGTGGTAGGAGGCCACCCTGTTGCGAAGTCCTGAGATAATGACAA ACACAGAGGCTAGCTCACAAAAATGTACTTCCTGGCCTGGCTTCTGAAGGGTTAACT GTTGGGCTCCATCCCAGATTTCTGAGATCAGGAACTCCAAATATGAGGCCCGCCTCT GGCTGATTCTGATGCCCCATAAATGTTTGAAAATGACACAGCAAAGGTTCATCTCCA GCCAGGTGTGGTGGGACACACCTGTAAGGCCAGCGCTTGGAGATGGAGACAGGGGG ACCAGTAGTTCAGGGTCATTCTTGGCTACATAGCAAACTCAAGGCCACCCTGGTCTC AAAAACCAAAACAAAAAGCCATCTTCTGACTCCCTTCAATTGTTCAAAGCCTTTCCA GGGCCTTCAGAATCACGCTCAGAGTGTTCTGGGAAGATTAGCCCAGAAGCCAGAGA AAGAGTACGCTGTGTGCTTGTAAAGCCAGTTACTCTGTCCCCTGTGAACTAGGAGAC AGAGCACTTCCGACCCTATAGAGGGCAGTAGTGGCCATTCCTTGTAGGGGACTGGTA TAGAAGTAATGTGAACTATTTAAAAATAGTTATTTAATTGCTGCCTTCACATTTGATT TTATTTAACCTTCACATTATTTAGAAAATAATAAGAGTAGTAAGTGTCTGAATAGGA AGGGAGTCTCTTAAGGCTCTTTCCAAGAGCTCAGGTTTGGATTTCTAGAGTCCCCCC GACCCCAGAGAGGACTCTTTAGTGTTTGACACGGTCTTTGTAAGTAAGATGGGGAGT CCTGGAGAGAGAGACCAAGCTGATTTTTAAACTAGGAAATGGAGTCTTGAACTGTG GAAGATTTGAAAAGTTAAGCCTATGTGTCTTGAAGGTACTTGGCCAGAAAAGCACTT GGCTTGAAAAAGAAAACCTGTTTAATTCAGGGGTGGAGGAATAGAGACAGATGAAG AAAGCATTTAGACCTCGGAAACCTGATGTCCTATGAAATTCTGTTTTTATAAAATTGT GTTATGGTGGAGATCTGTTGCATTTCGACTTTGTGGCTGTAAGAAACCTGTTATCTAT GTTTAAGAAAGTACTTCTAATTTATTCAATGTCTTCCTAAATTATCCTTTAAAAAAAA AAGTTGGAAAGTCTATGAGACCGTACCTAAGAAACCTTGACTGTGTATTTAAGTTAT TTAATGCCATGCATTTGTGAAGCCCCTTCCCAGTGATGGCTGTGGTGTGTCTGAGGA AATGTAAGTTTGGCATGAGGGGGAGGGGCTGCTGTTTCTATATTTGTTTTTGTTTTCT ATAAACAGTAATCAGGATGTATCCTGGTTTCATTTGACATTGAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ACTCGTGCCGAATTC-3′.

[0171] The L111-5 clone contained 0.5 kb of the 3′-end of an ORF.

[0172] Northern blot analysis using a sequence from L111 revealed the presence of a 4.0 kb mRNA transcript. This analysis also revealed that the expression of L111 mRNA was marginally upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment.

[0173] Another nucleic acid clone was designated L117. The L117 clone is 2460 bp in length and has a nucleic acid sequence as follows: 5′-TACGGCTGCGAGAAGACGACAG (SEQ ID NO:29) AAGGGGAGCGGAGCCAAGATGGCGGCGGAGCTGGAATACGAGTCTGTGCTGTGTGT GAAGCCCGACGTCAGCGTCTACCGGATTCCGCCGCGGGCCTCCAACCGCGGTTACAG GGCATCTGACTGGAAGCTAGACCAGCCTGATTGGACTGGTCGCCTCCGAATCACTTC AAAAGGGAAGATTGCCTACATCAAACTGGAAGATAAAGTTTCAGGGGAGCTCTTCG CTCAGGCGCCAGTAGAGCAGTACCCTGGGATTGCTGTGGAGACTGTGGCCGACTCCA GCCGCTACTTTGTGATCAGGATCCAGGATGGCACCGGGCGCAGTGCGTTTATTGGCA TCGGCTTCACGGACCGGGGAGATGCCTTCGACTTTAATGTCTCCCTGCAAGATCACT TCAAGTGGGTAAAGCAGGAAACCGAGATCTCCAAAGAATCGCAGGAAATGGATAGT CGTCCCAAGTTGGATTTAGGCTTCAAGGAAGGGCAAACCATCAAGCTGAGTATTGG GAACATTACAGCCAAGAAAGGGGGTACTTCTAAGCCCCGGGCCTCAGGAACGGGGG GCCTGAGCTTACTCCCACCTCCTCCTGGAGGCAAAGTCACTATCCCCCCACCGTCCTC CTCCGTTGCCATCAGCAACCACGTCACCCCACCACCCATTCCAAAATCTAACCATGG AAGTAATGATTCAGATATCCTGTTAGATTTGGATTCTCCAGCTCCTGTCCCGACTTCA GCACCAGCTCCAGCTCCAGCTTCTACAAGCAATGACTTGTGGGGAGACTTTAGCACT GCATCCAGCTCTGTTCCAAACCAGGCACCACAGCCATCTAACTGGGTCCAGTTTTGA GTCGCATTGGCAAGAAGTTGAGGACACTTGAAGAATAAAAATGACCTCAAGGGCAC CATTCTATGAGGGAGTTGAGGGACGGCTTAATTTCCCAGGACCCAAATCAGTGGTCA GTCTTTCCTGTAGCTTCTCTGTGCATTCAGGCTGGATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTGGTT ACCTCTGTGTTACTTGCTGTATATCCAGGAGACAATCTGCTGTTTCCTGCTCAGAACC AAGCAAGGGAGTAGTGGGTATTATCACACTGACTGACTTTGCAGAGTTCAGAAGGC CAACTTGATGAGTGGGAGTGACCTCGAACGTATGTAAATCCTTGAACTTATTTCAGA ATCATCTCATGATTCCCTAGTTAGCAATTTCAGGAGAGACAAATGCCTTGAAACTGT CTTCTCCACTAATCCGAGACTAAATATGGTCAGGCTGGCCCCAGGACTCATGAAGTT AGGGTTTTCATGGGGGTAGATTTGGAGAAAGCTGTGTCCCGGCTCTCTTCTGTAAGG CCTCCTTCAGGCTTACCCCATGCAGTGAACTTCCCGTGCTGGGTGGAGCCCCATCAC CTTCTTGTGTGTTTACATGTTGTTTCCTTTGACAAGAGGGTTATGTTGGTGGCACCTC ACTGTTTTCTTGTTGAATAGTGCAGCATCTTTGACCAGTGAATATTTCTGAGATGAAG GGGTCAAGGGGCTGTGCTTTCCATGGTGTAGTCTACAGAAGTGTTTAATTTCTTGCG GCCCCACGGGATTGCTGCACTGACGCATAGAATTGATCTATACTCACCCTGTGTTTG ACCTGAAGAGTTTTAACTTGATGTGTAGAGCAGAGAGCTGGAAGCACTAAGTTCCCA TTCAGTACCCACAATGCCTTGCTGCCTGGTTTGACTCCTTTTCATAAACATTTCATTT CAGTCCATCTAGCACTTCTGTGGAAAGCTGCTGTTGATTGTGTCAGTGTGAAGGAGG TGAAGTCACAGCTTTCTTTACCTATGACAGTTAGGCTTTGCACTAGACGTTGATACCA GCTAGGATATCTTAAAGGAAGTTACCGCCCCATCACTCTCCAGTCTCTGGCCGCCAT TCCTTTTACAGTGCTGTGAAGAGCGTCCTCTGAGGTCGGTGGGTACTGTCTCCTGTTG GTCGGGCAGTTTGAGGGAGGAGTGGGAGGACTCACACTCCTGCAGGTACCTGTTTG GGTAGCACACTGGCTGCAGAGAGTCCTTTCAGATATATTGTTTCTCAATGTTCTTCGT AGCTTTTTCTAACTTCGGGTCCATTTTTCCCATCGCCTCTTCCCATTCCCAGGCAGCTC TCTTGTTGCAGAGCCATGGCAGGACGTTTAAGTTCCAATAAAAACACTAAGAAGAA AGTATAGAATCACTAGTGACTGTTGGGAAACCTATTTTCTCAATCTTCCTCCATTTTG TGTTCTTTGTATTCTTAAGATGATAATATATTATGTATTTGAATTGCTGAAAATTGAA AATGAAGTTGAAGATATATGTATATAAGCGTATGCTGTATTGGTGCAATAATGGTAA TTAAAGATATTAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-3′.

[0174] In addition, the L117 clone contains an open reading frame (ORF) from basepair 42 through basepair 875. This ORF encodes a polypeptide of 278 amino acid residues. The amino acid sequence of the L117 polypeptide is as follows: MAAELEYESVLCVKPDV (SEQ ID NO:30) SVYRIPPRASNRGYRASDWKLDQPDWTGRLRITSKGKIAYIKLEDKVSGELFAQAPVEQ YPGIAVETVADSSRYFVIRIQDGTGRSAFIGIGFTDRGDAFDFNVSLQDHFKWVKQETEIS KESQEMDSRPKLDLGFKEGQTIKLSIGNITAKKGGTSKPRASGTGGLSLLPPPPGGKVTIP PPSSSVAISNHVTPPPIPKSNHGSNDSDILLDLDSPAPVPTSAPAPAPASTSNDLWGDFSTA SSSVPNQAPQPSNWVQF.

[0175] Using tblast2x algorithms, the L117 polypeptide was found to have homology with expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from mouse, mouse embryo, human hNT neurons, human tumors, drosophilia, drosophilia embryo, C. elegans, and Arabidopsis thaliana, a plant organism. Although the sequence of ESTs can be questionable, the identified ESTs were aligned for comparison. The comparison of consensus sequences from each species provided evidence that the L117 clone or a L117 motif has a very strong pressure for conservation during evolution since it is conserved in a variety of very distant species. In addition, this alignment indicated that the first methionine residue in the ORF of the L117 clone is the true initiation site for translation since most of the homology between the ESTs begins around this position, and the C. elegans, drosophilia, and human hNT ESTs each contain a methionine residue that is in a very close proximity to that of the L117 clone. Further, the relation between these ESTs and the L117 clone was supported by an exactly matching stop codon in the human EST, mouse EST, and L117.

[0176] Northern blot analysis revealed that the expression of the L117 mRNA was not upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment in either the hippocampus or cortex. Analysis using a total RNA extract, however, revealed a small upregulation upon MECS stimulus.

[0177] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated L119. The L119 clone is 2900 bp in length and has a nucleic acid sequence as follows: 5′-ATTCGGCACGAGCCAGAG (SEQ ID NO:31) TGAAGGGGCATGGAGAAGTGGACGGCCTGGGAGCCGCAGGGCGCCGATGCGCTGCG GCGCTTTCAAGGGTTGCTGCTGGACCGCCGCGGCCGGCTGCACTGCCAAGTGTTGCG CCTGCGCGAAGTGGCCCGGAGGCTCGAGCGTCTACGGAGGCGCTCCTTGGCAGCCA ACGTAGCTGGCAGCTCTCTGAGCGCTGCTGGCGCCCTAGCAGCCATCGTGGGGTTAT CACTCAGCCCGGTCACCCTGGGAGCCTCGCTCGTGGCGTCCGCCGTGGGCTTAGGGG TGGCCACCGCCGGAGGGGCAGTCACCATCACGTCCGACCTCTCTCTGATCTTCTGCA ATTCCCGGGAGGTACGGAGGGTGCAAGAGATCGCCGCCACCTGCCAGGACCAGATG CGCGAACTCCTGAGCTGCCTTGAGTTCTTCTGTCAGTGGCAGGGGCGCGGGGACCGC CAGCTGCTGCAGAGCGGGAGGGACGCCTCCATGGCTCTTTACAACTCTGTCTACTTC ATCGTCTTCTTCGGCTCGCGTGGCTTCCTCATCCCCAGGCGTGCGGAGGGGGCCACC AAAGTCAGCCAGGCCGTGCTGAAGGCCAAGATTCAGAAACTGTCTGAGAGCCTGGA GTCCTGCACTGGTGCCCTGGATGAACTTAGTGAGCAGCTGGAATCCCGGGTCCAGCT CTGTACCAAGGCCGGCCGTGGTCACAACCTCAGGAACTCCCCTGATCTGGATGCAGC GTTGTTTTTCTAAGAGCATCCTCTAGCTGTGTGGAATGTTCTAGATTCGCAGCATCCA CAAGGAAGTGCTACATGGGCGGAGTGCAAAGGATTTCAGAAGCTCTTCTTGCAGGG CATCAGTCCGTAGCTCCTTGTGTGTGCGAAAGACTTTTCACTTGTGTAATCCCAACTG AGTATGTGACCCTAAACAGTCACTTTGGGGACTCCCCAAATCCTTTTTAGCTGCACA CAGCTTGTCAGACTGTCCTTCAATTAGAGTTATTGGGGTGGGGGGGCTTGATGGCTT GAGTAATAGAGGTCTGGCGAGGTGTCTCCCTCTTGGACCTCTTATGTGTTGTTACTAG AATCCTGAGATTCTCAAATGTTGGTGAGAGGAGACTTTACTTTTCAACTTTGCTTCG GCAGTTTCCGATACACAGGACTCCAGAATCCAGAACAAGAAAGAAGAACCTTGTGT TTGTAGGGTGTGCAGACCCAGACGGGGCCGAGGAGCTGACTTGCTCAGCTCTCACAC GCAGCCAGTTTATCCACTCACAGACCAAACCTGGCTACTGCATAGACTGTTCCAGTG TGGCTTCAAATCCACACCTCTAGGTACCCTGAGAAGGAAAGCCACCTGAAGAGTCA CTCTAATCCCAACACGCTCACCCCCTTCACGTCCATAAAGGAGCTGGGCAAGGGGTG AGATGAAGACCCTGACAATTTTAAATGACTGTAGCATAGAGAGCCATGGCCTTTGAG TTTAAGAGTCTTGATCCCAGGTTCTGTCCCCCACTGTCCTGTGACTTAGCCACCTTGT CTTGCTACAGATGGTGGTAGGAGGCCACCCTGTTGCGAAGTCCTGAGATAATGACAA ACACAGAGGCTAGCTCACAAAAATGTACTTCCTGGCCTGGCTTCTGAAGGGTTAACT GTTGGGCTCCATCCCAGATTTCTGAGATCAGGAACTCCAAATATGAGGCCCGCCTCT GGCTGATTCTGATGCCCCATAAATGTTTGAAAATGACACAGCAAAGGTTCATCTCCA GCCAGGTGTGGTGGGACACACCTGTAAGGCCAGCGCTTGGAGATGGAGACAGGGGG ACCAGTAGTTCAGGGTCATTCTTGGCTACATAGCAAACTCAAGGCCACCCTGGTCTC AAAAACCAAAACAAAAAGCCATCTTCTGACTCCCTTCAATTGTTCAAAGCCTTTCCA GGGCCTTCAGAATCACGCTCAGAGTGTTCTGGGAAGATTAGCCCAGAAGCCAGAGA AAGAGTACGCTGTGTGCTTGTAAAGCCAGTTACTCTGTCCCCTGTGAACTAGGAGAC AGAGCACTTCCGACCCTATAGAGGGCAGTAGTGGCCATTCCTTGTAGGGGACTGGTA TAGAAGTAATGTGAACTATTTAAAAATAGTTATTTAATTGCTGCCTTCACATTTGATT TTATTTAACCTTCACATTATTTAGAAAATAATAAGAGTAGTAAGTGTCTGAATAGGA AGGGAGTCTCTTAAGGCTCTTTCCAAGAGCTCAGGTTTGGATTTCTAGAGTCCCCCC GACCCCAGAGAGGACTCTTTAGTGTTTGACACGGTCTTTGTAAGTAAGATGGGGAGT CCTGGAGAGAGAGACCAAGCTGATTTTTAAACTAGGAAATGGAGTCTTGAACTGTG GAAGATTTGAAAAGTTAAGCCTATGTGTCTTGAAGGTACTTGGCCAGAAAAGCACTT GGCTTGAAAAAGAAAACCTGTTTAATTCAGGGGTGGAGGAATAGAGACAGATGAAG AAAGCATTTAGACCTCGGAAACCTGATGTCCTATGAAATTCTGTTTTTATAAAATTGT GTTATGGTGGAGATCTGTTGCATTTCGACTTTGTGGCTGTAAGAAACCTGTTATCTAT GTTTAAGAAAGTACTTCTAATTTATTCAATGTCTTCCTAAATTATCCTTTAAAAAAAA AAGTTGGAAAGTCTATGAGACCGTACCTAAGAAACCTTGACTGTGTATTTAAGTTAT TTAATGCCATGCATTTGTGAAGCCCCTTCCCAGTGATGGCTGTGGTGTGTCTGAGGA AATGTAAGTTTGGCATGAGGGGGAGGGGCTGCTGTTTCTATATTTGTTTTTGTTTTCT ATAAACAGTAATCAGGATGTATCCTGGTTTCATTTGACATTGAAAAAAAAAAAAAA A-3′

[0178] In addition, the L119 clone contains an ORF from basepair 28 through basepair 768. This ORF encodes a polypeptide of 247 amino acid residues. The translational start site was assigned to the first methionine residue in the ORF. The amino acid sequence of the L119 polypeptide is as follows: MEKWTAWEPQGADALRRFQGLLLDRRGRLH (SEQ ID NO:32) CQVLRLREVARRLERLRRRSLAANVAGSSLSAAGALAAIVGLSLSPVTLGASLVASAVG LGVATAGGAVTITSDLSLIFCNSREVRRVQEIAATCQDQMRELLSCLEFFCQWQGRGDR QLLQSGRDASMALYNSVYFIVFFGSRGFLIPRRAEGATKVSQAVLKAKIQKLSESLESCT GALDELSEQLESRVQLCTKAGRGHNLRNSPDL DAALFF.

[0179] Hydropathy plot analysis revealed a stretch of about 50 hydrophobic amino acid residues, possibly indicating that the L119 polypeptide is a type II transmembrane protein.

[0180] Northern blot analysis using a sequence from the L119 clone revealed that the expression of the L119 mRNA was strongly upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment. Specifically, L119 mRNA expression was induced 17.8 fold by the multiple MECS treatment as determined from Northern blot data using total RNA from rat hippocampus (Table I).

[0181] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated R010. The R010 clone is 1280 bp in length and has the following nucleic-acid sequence: 5′-GCTTTGGAAACCGGACTGCAGGCT (SEQ ID NO:33) AAACTGGCTTCTTTTGAATCCTTGGAAGCATAAAGGACAAGTAGCAGGGCTCGCAGT CTTCCATTTGTCACTGGAGAAGAACTTATAATTCAGAAGATCTGGGTCTGGACCCAG GCTGACCACTTTGGAGCTTTGAGACTCTGGGATTGTGATCCAGTTCTGAGCTGGTGA TAAACACTCCTTGTGACTTTTGGTCAATTCAGCTACCAGATTCCAGCCAACATGACC CTCGCAGCCTATAAGGAGAAGATGAAGGAACTCCCACTAGTGTCTCTGTTCTGCTCC TGTTTTCTGTCTGATCCCCTGAATAAATCATCCTACAAATATGAAGGCTGGTGTGGG AGACAGTGTAGGAGGAAAGGTCAAAGCCAGCGGAAAGGCAGTGCTGACTGGAGAG AAAGAAGAGAACAGGCAGATACGGTAGACCTGAACTGGTGTGTCATCTCTGATATG GAAGTCATCGAGCTGAATAAGTGTACCTCGGGCCAGTCCTTTGAAGTCATCCTGAAG CCACCTTCCTTTGACGGGGTGCCTGAGTTTAATGCCTCCCTCCCAAGACGTCGAGAC CCATCGCTAGAAGAGATACAGAAGAAGCTAGAAGCAGCAGAGGAGCGAAGGAAGT ACCAGGAAGCTGAGCTCCTAAAACACCTTGCAGAGAAACGAGAGCATGAGCGTGAG GTAATCCAGAAAGCTATCGAGGAAAACAACAACTTCATCAAGATGGCGAAAGAGAA GCTGGCCCAGAAGATGGAGTCCAATAAGGAAAACCGGGAGGCCCATCTGGCTGCCA TGTTGGAGCGGCTGCAAGAGAAGGACAAGCACGCAGAGGAGGTGCGGAAAAACAA GGAGCTGAAGGAAGAGGCCTCCAGGTAAAGCCCANAGGCCAAGGAAGTTTCCAGGA CAGCCGGACAGCTCCCGCAGCAACCTGGTTCCAGCAGCATCGGCCGCTGGCTGCTCT CCCAGCACTGGGGTTCGGGGGGAGGGGGGTGGCCAAAGGGGCGTTTCCTCTGCTTTT GGTGTTTGTACATGTAAAAGATTGACCAGTGAAGCCATCCTATTTGTTTCTGGGGAA CAATGATGGGGTGGGAGAGGGGACAGAGAGTGTTTGGAAAAGGAGGTGAAGATGA GCCCGAGGACTTTGTGACACTGTCCACTGACTGCAGACTTGGGCCAAGGCCCCCGCT TTTCACGGCTCTGCCTGGACATTCGGCCTCCAGGTTCCTAGTGGAGAGAAGATGTGA CAGAAGTTCAGAGTGAAGGGCCGAGTCCTGGTGGGGTGGTGTGCAGGGCCAGCAGG ACGAGCCCGTCTGGATGGAGTGAAACCTACCCTGAGCGGGTGGGATAAGGTCTGTG TGCGTCTGTTCATTGTCATCTTTTGATCATCATGACCAACGAAACATTTAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAA-3′.

[0182] Two genomic R010 clones were also obtained. The nucleic acid sequence for these genomic R010 clones is as follows: 5′-GATAA (SEQ ID NO:34) ACACTCCTTGTGACTTTTGGTCAATTCAGCTACCAGATTCCAGCCAACATGACCCTCG CAGGTAGGTACATGCACCAGTCAGTGATGAACACCATAACACAAGCCATTTTTCTAT CTCTGTGTGTGTCCATGTGTATTAAGGTGCATCCGTGTGTGTGATACACACGTAGGT GCATGGCATGCATGTGTGTGCAAATGCATATACAAGTCCAAGGACAGGGGTTGGGG ATTTAGCTCANTGGTAGAGCACTTGCCTANGAAGCGCAAGGCCCTGGGTTCGGTCCC CAGCTCCGAAAAAAAGAACCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTCCAN GGACAACCCCAAATTTCCTTTCNCNAAANCCANCCANCTTCCATTNAAAAAAAANG GGTCNCNCNTGGGTTAAACCATTTNNAAANGGCNAACCTNACNGGCCAKTGAKTGC CAGGAATCTTCTTATYCCTGCCCWACCTCCAATGTCTTTCACATGTGAATGCTGAGG GTCAGAACTTGTGCTTACAAGGCAGACATTTTGCCAGCTCTCCGGCCATCTTTCTCTA TGTATGTACACTCACAGATGCACAGGAAGAGAGGGTAGAGAAGCCAAGAGGCAAA GTCATTTCTGGGTGGTGGGTGGGATCACAGCTGAATTCTTCTTCCTCATTTGCTCTGT GTGTATTATTTAATTTTAAAATAATACCTTTATAATAGTATCGAAACTATGCTTTCAA GTTTGTAAGAGAAAGTGATCACTGGGCTGTGTAGTGAGGGGGTCTTTATATTATGCA TATAACATGGTGCAATGGGAAGGACTGGCAGAGGCCTCCATGATGACCTATGACTTC TAGGGAGACTCAGTCGTGTCAAGGGTACATTCCTACTCTGCAGACAGCTTCTCCCTG GTTTGATTCCTGTGCTGGGAAGATTTGAGGAGTCTTCCAGCCTGACCTCTTCTACAGT GGGCCTGGACTTTAAGGAGAGTAGCAAGGAAGTCTTTTTATTAATCTCTTACCCTTT AGGCAGCAGTGTCAAGTACTTTTAGCAGAATTAAATATAGATTTCCTACAAACTACA AACTTCAAAGCCCTGGTTTATCCTTGGGTGGGAGTAGGAGATGGAGGGCCAGGGTC AGGGCACTGCACTTGGGATCTTTACTTGAGGGTACTCAACGCTTGGTAGTAACAAAA AGTGGGGTGAGTGACAATGTTAATTTTCAACTGGGAGGTAGCCCAGGCTTGGGTACT TTGGAGCCAGAAAGCCTGGGCTGACTCACAGAAGTGGTGCTCTCTCTYGYAGCCTAT AAGGAGWWGATGAAGGAACTCCCACTAGTGTCTCTGTTCTGCTCCTGTTTTCTGTCT GATCCCCYGRATAAATCATCCTACAAATATGAAGGTGAGTAGGGGCTAGGCTGGGA TAGAAAAGGGTGGAGGCTTCTGTGTCCTGTGTTTGTSGGTGCCCCACATTGACTCCTA TCTTGTAAAACTGTCCTGGTCGCAGTGTGTCTTATTTCCCAGAGGCTGAGGAGTCTG AGCCCAGGGGGATGTAGCCTGGGTGCCAAGCAGCCTCCAGGGATCTGGATTGGGCC CTCCTGGAGCACTTGCTCCTAGAGTCCCTTTTRCACATTCCTTGACACCACAGAGGAC ACCAGGATAAGCCAGACACAAGTTTTGAGATTCCATTCATGGAGGCCCAGAACAGA AAAAGAAAACTTAGTGTGTTCACCAGGGCTTCTAGGGACAGGTAGAGATGCTCCTA GACAGGTCCAGGGTGGGAATAGCACTTCTAACCTGGATGGTGACAGTTCGAGCCCCT AGACCCTATCAGAGAGTACTGGATTGTCATGCTGTCAGGAGGAGTGGTCAGGGGAC AGATAGGTCATCTCTTCATTTCTGTTTGCCAGGAAGGGATGGGTTTGGTCTGTCAATA AGAGAGATGGGTGTTTGGATGACCTGAGTCTGTTTTTTCCATTTAGGCTGGTGTGGG AGACAGTGTAGGAGGAAAGGTCAAAGCCAGCGGAAAGGCAGTGCTGACTGGAGAG AAAGAAGAGAACAGGGTAGGCCGGAGCCAGGGGAGAGGTCCACAAGCCATCAGAG GGACAGGGCAAGGAGGGGCTGGCGGTGGGGATGGGTGAAATGAACTGGTGTCTGTC ACCAGCGAGGAACAACAGCAGCTGGTGCTATCACAAATCACAGCTCCCTGCTTACCC TGTAAAAGCCATTGACCTTAGGGTCCAACGTTCAGGATCGACCAGACCCCTAGTCAT TGGTGTGCCTTGGGACCCTCAGCTTTCCTGTGTCTGTGTGCATGTACACATGCTCATT GGGGCCCCAGCTGCTCCTCAGAAGGTGAGCAGCCCCAACTCTGCCCTCCATAGCAGA TACGGTAGACCTGAACTGGTGTGTCATCTCTGATATGGAAGTCATCGAGCTGAGTAA GTGTACCTCGGGCCAGTCCTTTGAAGTCATCCTGAAGCCACCTTCCTTTGACGGGGT GCCTGAGTTTAAAGCCTCCCTCCCAAGACGTCGAGACCCATCGCTAGAAGAGATACA GAAGAAGCTAGAAGCAGCAGAGGAGCGAAGGAAGGTTAGTGTAGCCCCATGTCACT TCCTCCCATCCCAGCGGGAGCAGGAAGTGCAGCTCCATATCTCTTCCTCCCATCCCA GTGGGAGTGGGAAGGATATTTAGACAGCACCTCCTGAGTGCTGGGCATAGACCGGT AGTTCTCAACCTTCTTAGTGCTGTAACCCTTAATATATATATATATATATATATATAT ATATATATATATAGTTCCTCATGTTGTGATTACCCCCCATACCATAAACTTATCCCGT TGCTCTTTATGTCTTCATAATTATAATTTTGCTACTGTTATGAATTGTGATACAACTAT CAGACCTGCACCCCCTAATGGCAGCAGCCCACGTGTTGAGAACCACTGGCATAGAT GTAGACTAAGATACCACCTGAAGGGGACAAGACTATGACTATGCACTGGGTGAGCT TACAGTGTGGCTAATGGCTAAAATGTCACAGTCCTCACAAAGCTGCCTTTGTATGCA GCTTCCTTGTTCCCCATTGATTCTMGTCCSTCAGCTCAGATGCCCATTTTAATGTGAG TGTTTCTTNACCTTTCAGAAANACAAAACAAAACAACCCAGCTTTCTCCACTNAATT GTGTGGTCCCTCCCTTTAAATATCCAAAGCATTTATCACACCCAGGTCTGGNGTCCA NTATNTATTGATATGCGTGTTTATTTNNACTAGGGCAATTNTCTCCNTTCCCTGGTGT CTGGAGTTGTGAGGGCCTTGAGGTTTATAGAAGATCACTTAGTACTTGTGAATGAAC GCGAGGAAAAGGAGAAAAGAGACTCAGAAGCTACTTNGGAAAGGGCTACNAAAGC CAAATATGACGGAAAGGTTTGCAGTCCATGNCGTTGTTCTCTGCTTCTGGGACAGAG GACCAGGTTCATCTCATCTGGGCATGGCACTGTTCAGCTGTGGTGGTAGAAATCCAC TCTAAAGGGTCNTTCTCTTTCTTTTGNTGCCCTAGTACCAGGAAGCTGAGCTCCTAAA ACACCTTGCAGAGAAACGAGAGCATGAGCGTGAGGTAATCCAGAAAGCTATCGAGG AAAACAACAACTTCATCAAGATGGCGAAAGAGAAGCTGGCCCAGAAGATGGAGTCC AATAAGGAAAACCGGGAGGCCCATCTGGCTGCCATGTTGGAGCGGCTGCAAGAGAA GGTAAGAGGTCCTGGATTGGCAGGAGGCTCCTTCCATGGCAAGAACGTGCAACCTA CACATCACTCTGGAGGAAGCGGCCTATGCAGGAATTGAAATGTTTCTACCAGGCAG GGTCCTCATTGTTCTAAGGGGAAGATTTGGGAAGTCATAGGCAAGAAGCTCACACC AAACCCTGGGTGGCCTCCGGGGATCTTCTANGGTTTTGAACCGGAAATTCTGCACTG TCTCANGAGCTTGCTCACACCCTTCTTTTCTAAAGAAAGCCCGCCCAGTGCAAGTAT CTAAGGAGAGGCACATGTCTACACATTTCTGGCTTCATCATTGAATGGGCAGATTTG GGTTAGTGAAAGATACAGTCAGCTTGGCTTTGAGCCANGGATACAGCAAGCTCGGTT GCCAATACAGCAGGATACAGGATTCTCCCCAGAGCTCCTCGTAAGGGCCAGAGAGT ANTAGGTTTTCCTCAATAGTCTGCCTTTGTCAATAACTCAAATGTCACCTGCATCTGA GCGGTGTGCGAGACTGGGGTTGGTCCTCCATGTTATTCTTTGGAAGACGTGCTGACC TCATTTCCTGAGTCCCAGGCTGCCTACGTTTCTCCTGCAGCTCCTGGGAAGCTTTAGC TCTGTGTTTTATTTCCAAGGAGCCGCCTGCTGCGCGGTGACTCCCGGGACSGATCGGT GGCCTCGTCCCATGGTGAGCAGCGTGGTCCTTATTCCTTCCTGCCTACCCACCTAAAA CCTCAGGCCCTTGACAATTACCACAGAAAGATCTGGCTTCATCCAGGGATGTGAGCA GCACAGGCTGGCCAGTAGGTGGCAGCCCTGTGCTCATGTTCAATTACAGGAGGGAC AGCAAGGCTTCTTTCTCCACTGAGTGCCTTGGGGGAGGGACACAATCTGAGTGTGAC TTTGGGCTCCTCCAGTTAATGAGAGATACTGTAAGAAAACTTAAGATTGCCTTTACT TTTTATACCAGGTCTCATGCATTCCAGGCTGGCCTCAAATTGGCTAAATTGCTGAGG CTAGCCTTGGAATTCTTATCATTTTGTCTTCACCTCCAAGTGCAGGGATTACAGGCAT GTGCTGCCAAGCCTATTCAATGCAGGTTTGGGGCTTGAACCCAGGGCTCTGTGCATG CAAGCTAGGCACTCTGCCAACAGTGCCATAGCCCCAACTCAAGGCAAATTCTTGAGG AAACCACAGATAGAATGGGAGAGTTATGGGATTGCAGACTCAGCTTAAAATACATC ACAAAGTTAGGTTGTGTTGAAGCACTTGAATGTTTGTTTATATAACGATTCTATTTTA TCATAACTCGGTCATCACAAGTTTACAAGGCAAACATTCTTAGTCCAGATAAGGAAA CCATTCTAGAGGTCAAATGATTCCAGAGATTNACAGGGTATACGACAATANATTGGC CCTGGCCNCTAATCAATGGCTGCTTCTTGCCGGGTAAAGAAAACATCCAATATAANC CACNNCTTTCANAGCAANAATTTCAAAGACAACAAGCAGGGCAAAACCAGGGTCCA AAGCAACCACT-3′ and 5′-TGGGCGGGAAAGCAG (SEQ ID NO:35) TTTGTCTTGTTGNTGAATTATGTTANNAAGCAAATGAAGTTATCTTCCAACACATGTG AGGGAGTCCATTGTCTGGAGTCAAGCANTATTTCCCAACAGTTCTCTGTCAGTACAT AACGCAAGGTCCTCCTTCAGTCAGAGATTTAAGACAACACTAAAGAGATGGAGAGA AATAACACATCTGTGGTGTGTCAGGGACGCTGGCAATGGGCTGATCTTTTCCCATTC NTTNTAAACTGGCTGTCCCAAAGGGCCCNTTGTATTTAGTCAAGTGACCATTCCAAG CGCCAGAATGACCAGTGGAGGTGCAGAGAGCNTAGGGTGTCTTGGGGTCGCTGTGA GGTGGGTCCCCTGCAGGATGTCTATGCACTTGCAGGCTTATACACCTGTGTCCCGCG TNTTACTTGCCTCCTTCCACCCCTCTTAGGATACCTTCGCCGACAGCTCTGCTCTGCC CGTGGTGACCATCTTTTGCGCTCCATTCTCTTGCCCTTTGTCTTCCCCTGGCAGCCTTG TGTGACCCGCCTTTGTCCCTCCCTTCCTCTCCAGGACAAGCACGCAGAGGAGGTGCG GAAAAACAAGGAGCTGAAGGAAGAGGCCTCCAGGTAAAGCCCAGAGGCCAAGGAA GTTTCCAGGACAGCCGGACAGCTCCCGCAGCAACCTGGTTCCAGCAGCATCGGCTGC TGGCTGCTCTCCCAGCACTGGGGTTCGGGGGGAGGGGGGTGGCCAAAGGGGCGTTT CCTCTGCTTTTGGTGTTTGTACATGTAAAAGATTGACCTGTGA-3′.

[0183] In addition, the R010 clone contains an ORF from basepair 80 through basepair 727. This ORF encodes a polypeptide of 216 amino acid residues. The translational start site was assigned to the first methionine residue in the ORF. The amino acid sequence of the R010 polypeptide is as follows: MTLAAYKEKMKELPLVSLFCSCFLSDPLNKSSYKYEGWCGRQCRR (SEQ ID NO:36) KGQSQRKGSADWRERREQADTVDLNWCVISDMEVIELNKCTSGQSFEVILKPPSFDGVP EFNASLPRRRDPSLEEIQKKLEAAEERRKYQEAELLKHLAEKREHEREVIQKAIEENNNFI KMAKEKLAQKMESNK ENREAHLAAMLERLQEKDKHAEEVRKNKELKEEASR.

[0184] The R010 clone was found to have homology to the stathmin family of polypeptide, including stathmin, SCG10, and XB-3. In addition, the R010 polypeptide was found to contain a unique 27 amino acid sequence (encoded by exon 3) that is alternatively spliced to lead to the formation of two distinct mRNA transcripts.

[0185] Northern blot analysis using a sequence from the R010 clone revealed that the expression of L119 mRNA was restricted to brain. In addition, R010 expression was found to be developmentally regulated. Further, R010 expression was found to be rapidly induced in vivo in the dentate gyrus in response to the multiple MECS treatment and LTP stimulation, and rapidly induced in vitro by NGF treatment of PC12 cells.

[0186] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated R042. The R042 clone is 3978 bp in length and has a nucleic acid sequence as follows: 5′-CGGCGATGGCGGCGGCTGCT (SEQ ID NO:37) GTGGTGGCAGCGACGGTCCCCGCGCAGTCGATGGGCGCGGACGGCGCGTCCTCCGT GCACTGGTTCCGCAAAGGACTACGGCTCCACGACAACCCCGCGCTGTTAGCTGCCGT GCGCGGGGCGCGCTGTGTGCGCTGCGTCTACATCCTCGACCCGTGGTTCGCGGCCTC CTCGTCAGTGGGCATCAACCGATGGAGGTTCCTACTGCAGTCTCTAGAAGATCTGGA CACAAGCTTAAGAAAGCTGAATTCCCGTCTGTTTGTAGTCCGGGGTCAGCCAGCTGA TGTGTTCCCAAGGCTTTTCAAGGAATGGGGGGTGACCCGCTTGACCTTTGAATATGA CTCCGAACCCTTTGGGAAAGAACGGGATGCAGCCATTATGAAGATGGCCAAGGAGG CGGGTGTGGAGGTGGTGACTGAGAACTCTCACACCCTTTATGACTTAGACAGAATCA TCGAACTGAATGGGCAGAAACCACCCCTTACCTACAAGCGCTTTCAGGCTCTCATCA GCCGTATGGAGCTGCCCAAGAAGCCAGTGGGGGCTGTGAGCAGCCAGCATATGGAG AACTGCAGAGCTGAGATCCAGGAGAACCATGATGACACCTATGGCGTGCCTTCCTTA GAGGAACTGGGATTCCCCACAGAAGGACTTGGCCCAGCTGTTTGGCAAGGAGGAGA GACAGAAGCTCTGGCCCGCCTGGATAAGCACTTGGAACGGAAGGCCTGGGTTGCCA ACTATGAGAGACCTCGGATGAATGCCANTTCCTTGCTGGCCAGCCCCACAGGCCTCA GCCCCTACCTGCGCTTTGGCTGCCTCTCCTGCCGCCTCTTCTACTACCGCCTGTGGGA CTTGTACAGAAAGGTGAAGAGGAACAGCACACCCCCCCTCTCCTTATTTGGACAACT CCTATGGCGAGAATTCTTCTATACAGCGGCCACCAACAACCCCAGGTTTGACCGAAT GGAGGGGAAAACCCCATCTGCATCCAGATCCCCTGGGACCGCAACCCCGAAGCCCTGG CCAAGTGGGCCGAGGGCAAGACAGGCTTCCCTTGGATTGACGCCATCATGACCCAA CTGAGGCAGGAGGGCTGGATCCACCACCTGGCCCGGCACGCTGTGGCCTGCTTCCTC ACCCGAGGGGACCTCTGGGTCAGCTGGGAGAGCGGGGTCCGGGTATTTGATGAGTT GCTCCTGGATGCAGATTTCAGCGTGAATGCAGGCAGCTGGATGTGGCTGTCCTGCAG TGCTTTCTTCCAACAGTTCTTCCACTGCTACTGCCCTGTGGGCTTTGGCCGACGCACG GACCCCAGTGGGGACTACATCCGGCGATACCTGCCCAAACTGAAAGGCTTCCCCTCT CGATATATCTATGAGCCCTGGAATGCTCCCGAGTCGGTTCAGAAGGCCGCTAAGTGC ATCATTGGCGTGGACTACCCACGGCCCATCGTCAACCACGCAGAGACTAGTCGGCTC AACATTGAGCGGATGAAGCAGATCTACCAACAGCTGTCACGATACCGGGGGCTCTG TCTGTTGGCATCTGTCCCTTCCTGTGTAGAAGACCTCAGTCACCCTGTGGCAGAGCCT GGTTCTAGCCAGGCTGGGAGCATCAGCAACACAGGCCCCAGACCACTGTCCAGTGG CCCAGCCTCCCCCAAACGCAAGCTGGAAGCAGCTGAGGAACCTCCAGGTGAAGAAC TGAGCAAGCGGGCTAGAGTGACAGTGACTCAGATGCCTGCCCAGGAGCCACCAAGC AAGGACTCCTGAGACTGGAGAGCCATTGCTCCGTGAGCAAAGCCCAGGTGCCTGAG CTGCCATGGCCACAGAGAAGACATGGAACCTACAGAGAAGACAGTCACCAACAGAC AGAGCGAGCGACTGTGTGTGTGCAGAGGGAGGTGTGGTGTGCCGTTTGCGTGTGCAT GCATCTGTTTACACTCTCATGATCCTGAATGTTGCCTGTGCTGGAGGAGCCCCTAGAT CATGCCTTCTTACCAGGGCTGTTTCTTGACTTCCAGACATAAGACTAGAACCCGCAG CAGTAACCGTCAGCCCAAATCTGCCCCTGGGAGCCCCAATAGGGTGGTAAGACCCT AGCTTGAATTCTGGTCTCTGCCTCCCCAGACTCTTCTTCCTCCCTCCTTTTAACAAGG AGCTGGAGGGCCACATTTTTGACTCTCATCTAAAGCATGGAGTTTCAGAGGCAGTCA GAGTCCTGCTGACTTAGTTCCCACTTTTCTGACACTAGAACCTGAGCAGGCTGGAAT AGATGTGTCCTGTTGATCTTAAACAGCCTGGCCAGTCTTCTTATAAAATCCTGTGCCA TTAACAGGCTTCCCTGATGTCTAAGGCTACAGACTAGTGTGTTGTGTGCCCAGTACT GCTTATGTCAGCCTCAGACATAATATCAGTCTTTGTAGAACCTTCTAAAAAAAACCA CATGGGGAATAGACTCCCAGTCTTCTGTCCCTTCCCTAGCAGCTAAGGTCCAGTCTC GACCTTCTAGAAGCTGTGGACAGGCTAGGGTCTGAACTGGTGAAAGAAACCCAGGT CCCACAGCTGCAGGGCCCCTGGTTCCTCTGGCTGTACTCCTGACACCACATGCTCCA GCCAGTACTGCTGATATCCAGCCAGGCAAGCTGGACAGCCTGGCTGGTCAGCACCTG CCCTGCAGTGTCAGCTGCCCAGGACTGAGCTTCCGGAGACTCAGACAGACTTAGGG GTGGAGCACTGCCTCTGGCAGTTGGCGAGAGGTCAGAGACCATGCCTGGCACATCA ACATCTTCGCAGAGCAGCAGTGAAGGATTGACATAGAGAAGTCAAGCCTTGCTTTCC AGGGGAGCCAACTCTCCCTCCCACTGTTGGGTCATATGGAGAAAGAAGTTATGAAA GGATCTGGGGGTACCTGAGCAAGTCTTCCTTCCACCCCGTGGCCTGCATTTGAGCCA CAGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGT GTGTGTGTAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAG AGAGAGAGAGAGTTTGTTTCTGTTTGGATTTTTGTTCTCACATGTAACATTAAGCTGG CCTCTGGGCCTTTTCCTCTCTACCTCCCCTGTGACCTTTCCTAGCCTCAGAGTTGTTAA TGCCCTTGGCCCTGGCCTTTTTTTGTGTCAGACCAGAACCCTGGGGTCAGGCTCCCC CCTCCAGCTGTCTAGCACATCTGACAGGCTTCTTTTTGAGATGGCCTCAGGTTTTCTC AGCAGAGAGCTGCCTTTAGTCCAACTGTTTATGTTCATCATCCTGACTAGAAGCATC CTACGATTGTGTGAAGAAACGGCATCTGTGATGCCATGTTCAGAGTCATGGGGTGTG GCCTCCCTGTCCCTAGCCCCAGGCCAAGAGGAAAGGGCCAAAGGCTCTTGCTGGAG GGACAGTAGAATGCGTCTGGAGAACTGGTCCCAGAGGAGCAAAGGCTTATTCTGGG GCCAGTATTTATTTTGCAACATCTTCAGCTATGGGGACAATGGCCTTCTCTGCTTTTT TGATGATGGCTCTCTCCTCAAGGTACAAGTTGGCAAGGTCATCTGTCCTTCCACCTCC TTGACATGTTGGCCCATTTCCAGGACAGCCTTCCAGTGAATGGAGCAGACTATTCCA CAGCTGTGGGATAGAGTGTCTTGGAGCCCTGGAATGACTTCATGCCTCCTTTTGCCT AGCCTGAGTGGCCCTGAGGACTGTCACAGAACAGTGCCCCATGTCCTGCTCCTGGGC CCGAGCATGGGGAAGAGATGGTTGCAGGCAAGAGCACTTTACAGCATTCCCCATTG CTGGGAAGGTTGTTTCTCCTACAGTGTGTGAATACTTACCTGTTTTATAAATGTCTGA TCCTGTCTGAGTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-3′.

[0187] In addition, the R042 clone contains an ORF from basepair 51 through basepair 1790. This ORF encodes a polypeptide of 580 amino acid residues. The amino acid sequence of the R042 polypeptide is as follows: MGADGASSVHWFRKGLRLHDNPALLAAVRGARCVRCVY (SEQ ID NO:38) ILDPWFAASSSVGINRWRFLLQSLEDLDTSLRKLNSRLFVVRGQPADVFPRLFKEWGVTR LTFEYDSEPFGKERDAAIMKMAKEAGVEVVTENSHTLYDLDRIIELNGQKPPLTYKRFQ ALISRMELPKKPVGAVSSQHMENCRAEIQENHDDTYGVPSLEELGFPTEGLGPAVWQGG ETEALARLDKHLERKAWVANYERPRMNANSLLASPTGLSPYLRFGCLSCRLFYYRLWD LYRKVKRNSTPPLSLFGQLLWREFFYTAATNNPRFDRMEGNPICIQIPWDRNPEALAKW AEGKTGFPWIDAIMTQLRQEGWIHHLARHAVACFLTRGDLWVSWESGVRVFDELLLDA DFSVNAGSWMWLSCSAFFQQFFHCYCPVGFGRRTDPSGDYIRRYLPKLKGFPSRYIYEP WNAPESVQKAAKCIIGVDYPRPIVNHAETSRLNIERMKQIYQQLSRYRGLCLLASVPSCV EDLSHPVAEPGSSQAGSISNTGPRPLSSGPASPKRKLEAAEEPPGEELSKRARVTVTQMPA QEPPSKDS.

[0188] The R042 clone was found to be a photolyase receptor based on sequence alignment data. In fact, the R042 clone was found to be the rat paralog of human and mouse clones based on the following observation. The identity between the human and the mouse clones is considerably higher (97%) than between either the human clone and R042 (72%) or the mouse clone and R042 (71%). This lack of a higher identity between the mouse clone and the rat R042 clone is more than that expected from species-to-species differences. Thus, the R042 clone most likely is a different member of the family of photolyase/blue-light receptor homologues. The translational start site was assigned to the second methionine residue from the 5′ end based on the alignment data using the human and mouse members of the photolyase/blue-light receptor family.

[0189] The R042 clone potentially has two differentially spliced forms at the 3′-end. The difference between these two forms is 142 bp. The shorter form was found in four clones while the longer form was found in one clone.

[0190] Northern blot analysis using a sequence from the R042 clone revealed that the expression of the R042 mRNA was strongly upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment.

[0191] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated R053. The primary library screen produced 40 positive signals that were isolated. The following nucleic acid sequence is within the R053 clone: 5′-TTGGCACACAAGTCTGTCTTCAGGACAGCTGATCCATTTTACTTA (SEQ ID NO:39) CRAATTCAGAAAGTAAACATTGGCAGTATGGATCTGGTTACTTCATGGTAACTGCTC TAGAATTTACGCCAAGGCCATCTCTTTTGCCTCACTGTTTAGTGACCGGAGTAAAGC ATGGGGCCACTGAAACTCCACTTTACAATTGGGCTTCTAAATTTAAGGAAAAATTTT TTGATTTAACCACAACTGGATTCCAAAGTTCATCTTATTCYAAATTAGGCCCACTGA GCCTGTGATGTTTTGGAATATATGATTAGTCCACTTGGTTCACTGGATGTTACCTATC ATGTTATGTAGAGAAACAGCCATAACTATTGGTCACGATGTCGTCCTCCGAATTGGG AATGGCTCTGTTGTTGGAAACAAAGTATTTGTAAACACGTTGATCAAAGCGGTGTGC TTTGGCCTTTCCGGGAATCACTGATTATGTTTGAAAACTTCCTTTAATTGTATTTGCA ATAAGCTATTNTCCCTTNTNATGNCNCTGCCATGCTTCCTTGCTTTGCACTGTGGTCG CATGCCATCNGCTGGTTAACCCANGATGGCTTGCTGCNCTGATATNCACCATGCNAA ATACCACTTCT-3′.

[0192] Northern blot analysis using a sequence from the R053 clone revealed the presence of a 4.9 kb mRNA transcript. In addition, this analysis revealed that the expression of the R053 mRNA was marginally upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment.

[0193] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated R055. The first library screen produced a clone designated R055-7 having a 1.7 kb fragment. A second library screening using the 5′-end of the R055-7 as a probe produced several additional clones having fragments of about 3.0 kb. The following nucleic acid sequence is within the R055 clone: 5′-TGAATTGCAGTAACT (SEQ ID NO:40) AGCCTTGCCTTTCTATTCTGTAGAAATGACAGGGTCTTCACAATCCTTCACCAGTGGC TACTAAGCTATAATTAGCTGAATAGAAAGAATGTGGAAGTGGTCTGAGGCATATAG AGCATATGCCAAGAACACTACCATATATGGCATCAGCTTTGGTTACCAGAGAAATTT TCTTAGTCATTAGACCATATAACAGTAATATATCATATGTAAATCTTTAGATTTCAAT TTGAGAATCCTCCAAAAAAAAGGAGCAAAGAATGCATAAGCTATGTGTTGGCAAAA GTAATTTATATTAAAATTTTGACCTGCCTTTGTAAGATTAAGTGGTAAATGTCATAGT GGTGGGTTTTTACGTCTTAACCAATCTCTGAGGTTTATTTCTCCTGCAGGGGATGGTT CATGGCCTCTCTTCCCGCTGTAGGAAGATAGCAGAAGGATGAGGATTAATTGTAGCA TTTCACTGATCCTCGTCCCAGGGACTAGGGACAATAGAAATCTGCAAACATGGAGA GTCTGTCATAAATATTTGCTTTTTGAAGGTGTTGGTCTTTGTTGATTTCTGTCAGAAA ATGGCATTATACAAATTATGGGGAGCAACCAACTTTTCTGTTCTGTTTTTGAAGTGCT ACTATGAACCATTCAGAGTCGTATTTTTTTTTTTTAAAATTTTGGCCAGATATCCCCA GCTAATGAAAAATAG:TCACCATTCCTTGAAAAAGTTGGAAGCTAGAACCCCCAATT CCAAATTATTGTTGAAGATGTTTCTCAGGCTACTGTATATAGAAATAATGTTTTTAAG AAAAATCAAAGAGAGGAGAAAAAAAAAACCTATGCAGAGACCCTACTACTTTGTGG TTTCTATTGTCCCTATACATCATTTCAGCAAATCTACTGGCAGTTCTTGTCAGCAAGT CCTTCAGTGCATATGCTGCACAAAACAAAACAAAAATCTGCATGGCACCAAAAACC AAACAAGCAAACCAAAAACCCAGACACCCTATGTATCTGTTGGAGGCATGTAGGTG GTACAAATGACTAGCCATGAGCACACATGGCTTCTTGTCATGTCACTTTTCATAATTA TTTACTGCAAAATGATTGAGAGGCTTTTGGTGCAGGCAGCCATTAGCCTGCTTCCTTT GTTACCTCTGGATCACTTTGCAGTAAATTGCAGGTCTTTTAAAAGATTCAAGCTTCGG TTTTCTCAAAACAAAACAATTATCCTGTCTTACCTGAAAATGCAGGGTTGTGGGCAA AAGAGGCTGGTTATAATAATGCCCTCATATTGAGTGGTCTGTAAATGGCTGCACACT TCAGGCACTAGAGTTGCCGAGGATGCGTTGTTAATGTGACCTTGACTGGCTTTACAG GGGTGTAGAACAGTCTACACGGGCGACTATTTGCATCCATCTTGCTCTCGAGGTGGA TGGAAATAAGAAAAGGCTGGAGTGTGTAAGTCATGCACATAAGTATTCACTGTAAA TTTTATTTTCATTTTTAACCCAATTATGGTACTTTGTCCAATGCACAACTGATCTCTCA GTAGATATTCATTTGAAAATAGTGTGGCCTTGACCAGCGAGAAGGGGAAGAAGTGA CTTAGCTTGTGTTAAGATGACCTGTTTGCTGAGAGTGGTCATTCTGCAGCACCCTAAT GTCATGGTTTTGATTAGGGAGAGTTAATGTTTTTGACCCTGAATTGAGTTTTCTTCTA TTTTTAGGAAGTATCAGAATTGCTCTGATGAGTAACAAAGTTGACTGTTTTGATGTCC AATCTCAGGTTTTAAAATAGAGTGGTATAAAAGTCCACTGTTACTAATTCTTAAGAC AATTTTGATTTAGTGTGCCCTAAAAGTCACGTGCATAATAAGGCCTGCTCAGAGGGC AGGGCCTCCATCTGTTTGCTCCTTTCCATGTTGTACGCACTTCACTTGAAAAGGTGTC AAGTGACTTTGCATTGTAGATTTCCATTTTAACCCCAACATAGTTCTCAAAGATAAA GCACTTTTTGAACATGAAATACATGGGTAATGTGTGATGTGGATCATGGTTTCTCAG GCCCCTAGATAATCCACTTCTGAGTATTGTTCTATGTAAGGAGAATAGAGGTCTTCG CTAATGTTCGAGTTTGTATTCCTGAATGGAATGCACTTGCTAGTTTCCAATGGATGGG AGAGTAAACACTGCTGCATTCACAATTGATACGTTGCTTTCCCTTGAGCCTTAAGGT AACTTTTCTTTTCTGTCAACAACAGCACTGAAGTTCTAGTAAGTGAATGAGATTATCT GTTTTCAGGGTTGGTTTTAGAGTACTGTAAATTAATTAGCTGTCTTCCTAAAGAGGA ACTCCCTTTAACTCCCTTCGATAGACTGAAAGTGGGTGTGGGGAGGGGGAGGGAAG AGAGGGAGGTAGTTTGTAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-3′.

[0194] Northern blot analysis using a sequence from the R055 clone revealed the presence of a 7.3 kb mRNA transcript. In addition, this analysis revealed that the expression of the R055 mRNA was marginally upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment.

[0195] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated R061. The following nucleic acid sequence is within the R061 clone: 5′-GGCCCCCCCTANAAGGTCGAGGNTATCGATAAGC (SEQ ID NO:41) TTNAATATCGAATTCGGCACGAGGCCACCAGGTCTTTGCATTGTCTCTTTAAAAGTG GTGTATAAGGGGGAAATTGGCAAGACAGACATTTCTAAACAGAGGGGAACACAGAC AGACAGACAGACAGACAGACACACAAACACACAAACACACACACACACACACACA CACACACACACACACACACACACACACACACACACACACACACCCCAGACTGCGTA TGTGGCATAACATACAGCTTGCATGGGAAGCAGCCCCCTGCRCATTGCTTATACATC CTCGAGTCCTTTCATCTTTTTTCCTAAAACGTGTGCACCCGCTATAAAGTGGGTGATG GGCTCGTCAGAGCTGGGCTGATTCTGTGGCCGGTGACCACCATGCCTCAGGTCCCTC AACCTCCATCACCCATGGCCCAATCCATAACTGCCACCCTTGAAAACCCAAAGCAGT CTGAGGGTGCTCTCTGCCTGTCACTCAGAGGCCTGGGACGTTGAACCCAAAAAAGCT AAACTTATGAAAGCCGGGCTGAAATGGGGCCCGGGGCCTGGGATAGCTCAGGCAGG GGTTTTCCACTCTGATGTTTCCACTGGGCCAGTTTTGTTTCTTTGTCTCTATTTTCTCT GTTCATCCCGCTGAGTGTTTGTATCCATGATGATTCCAGCATGAAGTACGTAGCACA CTCCAGTTAGGAGAAATTTTTTAAAGATACAAGACTAGCGTGGTGGTGAGATGAGAT AGTCTTCTCGTGCTCGCAGCAACCTGAAGGGGCAATAAGGACAAAGAAGGCCATGT GGCAGGGTTAGCCCCCTCCAGACCAGGGGTACAACGGACAGTTGTGGTGAGCCTCG GAAAGGCAGGGGTAACCTTCCCTCTCCGTTCTTTCACCCATGGCCAGAGCAAGGCAGG TAGTGAAAGGGATATGCTTGATGCAGAAAAGCCAGCTCAGGCATGGCAGGTGGGAT TTATAGCTGGTTTTGTTTAAAGCGAAGGCCTGATATTTGATAAATGCAGTAACCAGC GGTTGAGAGTGACAAGCCCTTAAATGCGAACATTAATCAAAGGAGAACTTAAACGG CCCCCTTTACAGAAGGACTT-3′.

[0196] Northern blot analysis using a sequence from the R061 clone revealed the presence of a 4.9-5.0 kb mRNA transcript. In addition, this analysis revealed that the expression of the R061 mRNA was marginally upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment.

[0197] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated R066. The following nucleic acid sequence is within the R066 clone: 5′-CGAGTTTTTTTTTTTTATGTACTTTGAAAATATAT (SEQ ID NO:42) TTAAAAACATTAAAAATTCTATATTTAAAACATATATTATATGTTAATTGGTACACTT AAATAGAACCTGTATTTACAATAGGCTTCTGATGTGGTTAAGTTTTAATGCCAATTTT TTTTTCAATAACATAATTATATAAATATACTAAAATACAATAAATATTTTTCTTGTTT TACATGGTGAATAATATCTTTACCATAGAGAGAACAAGGCCACAGACATTTACTTAC AGTTTCAATGGGAATCACTATAAAAAGCATCAGGCCTGCTGCCATGCATGAAACACT TCTGCCAAAAAGAGACCACAGCAAGACTTTCAGAACAGAACAGAACAGAACAGGAC GGAAACAGAACGAACAGAAACAGAGGAGAGATTTTAACAAATCAATCTCAGGTCAA CATAAACCACCGACATGGAGCTATGATGTATCTTAGTGGGTATGAGAGCCAGCCACT GACCACACAGTTGCGGAGGGTCTCCTATGAAGCCACCTAATCGACCTGGCCCTTCGA ATACCGTGAGATTGTGATGGGGCTCCTTTTATTTGTTTGACTAACGTCTCTCAGAATG AAGCTGCAAAAAGTTAGCATATAGCAGATATTCAAAGCATTCCTTAATAGGTTAAAA ATGATGACAGAGATTAATGTTGTCAAACGGCACAAAACAATCTAGGCTACGTGAAG TCTTCCAAAAACAGGGGATTCAGTGGGACTCCAGAAGACAGACTAGTTCTAAAGGA ACAGTTGAACAAAAAGAAACTATTTGCTGATGGTATCTTCACTCCCTGAGTCACAGT GGACAGCCACTTTGTTTCACCCTTTCCACTCCTAAGATGAAGCAATTGTTTGCCTCTT TTTCTGATGCCCAGGAGCCCAGTCAGGTAACCACTAACACATTCGCGCTGGCGGAAA ACCTCACTAGGGAAATGGGCTTAACACTAGTTCTCATTGGGGCCATTCATTCAGGCT TCCAGCTTGACTTCTCCTAACCCCAAGAGGTAAAGTGTAGAAGGGACCCTTGTGCTG AATGGACAGAACTATCAGGAGCTTTCTGTGCTCTTCACTTAAGCAGTATTTCCTCCTG TGTTCTTGTCTTTCACAGTGAAAGCACCTTCCTATGCCTTGTCATTCTAGCCCTTAC AGACAGACATTGCTCATTCTGCCTAAGTTTTGGTGCTTTTTCTGGTTTTGTTTGTTTGT TTTCTTCTTTCTTTTTTCCTTTCACCAAAATGTCTCAAAAAAATAAATAAATAAAACC TAGGCTTCCTGAAGTCTAAGCGCAAAGAAAGTTAAGTCTCTTCACAGCAAACATTTC CCATCATGCTGCACTGATAGCATCACTGCTATGCCATATTTGGATCCAAAGCTGCTC CAGGTTAATCCAACTTTATCCATAATTATTTAAAAGGGATGGAGGCCATAAATGGA TTTGAG-3′.

[0198] This clone is similar to BDNF.

[0199] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated R089. The first library screen produced a clone having an insert of 0.5 kb. A primary screen with a portion of this clone produced seven positive signals that were isolated. The following nucleic acid sequence is within the R089 clone: 5′-AGTCTGGGACTAAAACGTCACAGCAGAAAAAAAATAAAAAAAAAT (SEQ ID NO:43) AATTTGCTTTTTCTTTCTTTCATTTAGCAGCATAAATAAGTTTGGCCACTGGGAGTAC AGTACAGGGGTGGGACAACGATCCCGTATTTGAAGACCTACTTCTAGCACCAGCATC AAGAACTAAATCCACCTCAGGACTCACAGAACCCAGGACAACTTGCCATCTTTGAGC AACATATGCATTGAAGAGTGTATATAGAAGCAACAGTAAATAGATTAACAGAGGCT AATACTGTGATTGATTGACATTGGCAATGGTTGGCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA- 3′.

[0200] A portion of R089 was found to be highly homologous to a region within an EST from GenBank representing a cDNA clone from ae87b04.s1 Stratagene human schizo brain S11 (accession # AA774778).

[0201] Northern blot analysis using a sequence from the R089 clone revealed the presence of a 3.8 kb mRNA transcript. In addition, this analysis revealed that the expression of the R089 mRNA was marginally upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment.

[0202] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated R095. The first library screen produced a clone having an insert of 2.0 kb. A primary screen with a portion of this clone produced 53 positive signals that were isolated. The following nucleic acid sequence is within the R095 clone: 5′-ACTTGATAAAATTGTATTTTTTTTTCTACAGTCATTTGTACAATTTG (SEQ ID NO:44) TTACAAAACCATAGAAGACTACAACTTGTTTTAAATCATTTTTGGTCTGCAAATATGT AAAATCTGTGGTGCAATTTATCATGTATTTACAGGGCCTTGTTAGTCATTTTCAATGAT TATTTCAACAATGTCACACTCTCAACATAAGACATGGCTTAAGACAAATATATTAGT ACATANATATTCTGAGAACATATTTCCATNAATGGAAAGTNGCTGCTAATACANATA CAGAATATACATAAGNTGTTTTCTAGCTTTTTAAAACAGTTTTTAAAATGGNAANGT GAAAAAAGAGCCCCTAGGANCATTTTATCCCAAAAAAATCCTTACNAAATATTNAA GGGGCCAGGGGGGGAATTAAAAATCTAAAAANGGTGGTC-3′.

[0203] Northern blot analysis using a sequence from the R095 clone revealed the presence of two mRNA transcripts: one 2.5 kb and the other 3.2 kb. In addition, this analysis revealed that the expression of the R095 mRNA was extremely strongly upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment.

[0204] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated R113. The following two nucleic acid sequences are within the R113 clone: 5′-AARGGGRCCACCCCACCGSGCTA (SEQ ID NO:45) AAGGCCCAGGGGCCCCCCCCTTGGAGMCCCAGGGGTTTTGGCCCMCCCCCTCACCC AAATGGTCTGCCAATGACCCAGGTACTCACAACATGTTCCAGGAGGAGMCTGGGGC CAGGATTTTGACCAGAGGGTATGGGAAGGGAAAGGGGAGAAGAAATCGACATTTAT TTTTATTATTTATTTTAAATGTTTACAWTTTCTTTGTGTTGTTCCAAGCCCTGAATAG AAACAGATAGCATTAAAGGACTCTGTTCCCACCCCTTCTCTGTCTCTCTCTCCCCCAC TTGTGCTAACTTAGGATAACACTCTCTATTTCGTTTTGTTTCTAAAGTGATTTGTGGA CTTGTGCCGTGTGAACTGCATTAAAAAGGTTCTGTTTTCAAAGATCGATTGTCGTTCC TGTGGGGACAGTGGCTCCTAAGAAATCTGCATTGTAGGAGAAGACAATGAAAGACC CTGGCCCTGTCTCTCAAAACTTAACTCTCTGTATGATTTAAAAAAAAATTCCATTTAC TTTACTTTGTGGTTACTTGATTTTGAGGAAGAAAATATTCAACTTTGTATAAAGACTA GGTATCAGGGTTTCTTTTGCAGTGGGAGTTGTATATATATCGTATTTTGGTATATCGT AGAAACTCAAGCTTTATGCATCCGTATTTGGGATATGTCAATGACGTGCAGTGAAAT TTGCTATTAGACCCTGGAGGCAAACGAGTTGTACAAGGTTTTATGGCTCCATGGGGA ATTCTAATTTCCTTTCTGGGGACCTTTTGTCCCGTTTTTACAGTAATGGTGAAATGGT CCTAGGAGGGTCTCTCTAGTCGAATTCTCCAGGCAGGACCACGTGCTCAAAAAATCT TTGTATAGTTTTAAATTTTTGAGGAGTATCTCTGCTCAGAAGCATCTGTGGTGGTGTG TGTTGCGTTGTTCTGTGTACTGTGTGTGACACAAGCCTACAGTATTTTGCACTAAGGA AAGCTGTTTAGAGCTTGCTGCTATGGAGGGAAGAACATATTAAAACTTATTTTCCCT CGGGGWTTTRTWCWMGTTTTATGTWCTTGTTGTCTTGTTGGCTTTCCTACTTTCCACT GAGTAGCATTTTGTAGAATAAAATGAATTAAGATCAGMWRWRWRMAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-3′ and 5′-AATTCCCCATGGAGCCATAAAACCTTGTACAACTCGTTTGCCTC (SEQ ID NO:46) CAGGGTCTAATAGCAAATTTCACTGCACGTCATTGACATATCCCAAATACGGATGCA TAAAGCTTGAGTTTCTACGATATACCAAAATACGATATATATACAACTCCCACTGCA AAAGAAACCCTGATACCTAGTCTTTATACAAAGTTGAATATTTTCTTCCTCAAAATC AAGTAACCACAAAGTAAAGTAAATGGAATTTTTTTTAAATCATACAGAGAGTTAAGT TTTGAGAGACAGGGCCAGGGTCTTCATTGTCTTCTCCTACAATGCAGATTTCTTAGG AGCCACTGTCCCCACAGGAACGACAATCGATCTTTGAAAACAGAACCTTTTAATGC AGTTCACACGGCACAAGTCCACAAATCACTTTNGAAACAAAACGAAATAGAGAGTG TTATCCTAAGTNAGCACAAGTGGGGGNGAGNGAGACAGAGAAGGGGTGGGAACAG AGTCCTTTAATGCNATCTGTTTCTATTCAGGCTTGGAACAACACAAAGAAATGTAAA CATTTAGNATAAATAATAGAATAAATGTCGGGTTCTTCTCCCCTGTCCCTTCCCATAC CCNCTGGCAAAATCTGNCCCAGGTCCTCCCGGAACATGGTGNGAGTACCTGGGTCCA TTGNAGNCCATTTGGNGAGGGCGTGGCCAA-3′.

[0205] Northern blot analysis using a sequence from the R113 clone revealed that the expression of the R113 mRNA was upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment. Specifically, R113 mRNA expression was induced seven fold by the multiple MECS treatment as determined from Northern blot data using total RNA from rat hippocampus (Table I). In developmental studies, the expression level of R113 was found to be low and unchanged in embryonic as well as post natal development.

[0206] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated R114. The R114 clone is 3318 bp in length and has a nucleic acid sequence as follows: 5′-GGCACGAGCCGAGGCT (SEQ ID NO:47) CAGCACAGCACGGATAGGGGCGCGGAGCGCACTGAGAACCCTACTTTCCCGTGAGC CCGAGCCCGGCAAATGGGCGAATGAAGAAGGAGAGCAGGGACATGGACTGCTATCT GCGTCGCCTCAAACAGGAGCTGATGTCCATGAAGGAGGTGGGGGATGGCTTACAGG ATCAGATGAACTGCATGATGGGTGCACTTCAAGAACTGAAGCTCTTACAGGTGCAG ACAGCATTGGAACAGCTGGAGATCTCTGGAGGCGCGCCCACCTTCAGCTGCCCTAAG AGCTCACAGGAACAGACCGAGTGCCCTCGCTGGCAGGGTAGTGGAGGGCCTGCTGG GCTTGCTGCCTGTCCCTCCTCCAGTCAACCATCTTTTGACGGCAGCCCCAAGTTTCCA TGCCGTAGGAGTATCTGTGGGAAGGAGCTGGCTGTCCTTCCCAAGACCCAGATGCCA GAGGACCAGAGCTGTACCCAACAAGGGATAGAGTGGGTGGAGCCAGATGACTGGAC CTCCACGTTGATGTCACGGGGCAGAAATCGGCAGCCTCTGGTGTTGGGAGACAATGT TTTCGCAGACCTGGTGGGCAACTGGCTAGACTTACCAGAACTGGAAAAGGGCGGGG AGAGGGGTGAGACTGGGGGATCCGGTGAACCCAAAGGAGAAAAAGGTCAGTCCAG AGAGCTGGGTCGTAAGTTTGCCCTAACTGCAAACATTTTTAGGAAGTTCTTGCGTAG TGTGCGGCCTGACCGAGACCGGCTGCTCAAGGAGAAGCCTGGTGGATGACTCCTAT GGTTTCTGAGTCACGAGCAGGACGCTCGAAGAAAGTCAAGAAGAGGAGCCTTTCTA AGGGCTCGGGACGGTTCCCTTTTTCCAGCACAGGAGAGCCCAGACATATTGAAACCC CGGCCACAAGCAGTCCCAAGGCTTTAGAACCCTCCTGTAGGGGCTTTGACATTAACA CAGCTGTTTGGGTCTGAATTCGAGAGATGCTCACTGACCTAAAATGCAGACTTTGTGA GGGCCCTGGGGGAGGGTGGGCAGATGGCATGGTCTTCAGGCCAGATGCAAGTTCCC ATCCTCAGAAAGAAAGCAGAGTTCTTTAGTCAGGCCTCAGTAGAACAGTGGAGAGAG GCTGTCACAGGCCAGGCTGAGCTGAGTCCCTGGAGAGAATGTGTGTATTTGTGTGTG TGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTATGTGTGTGTGTATGCGTG TGCATGCACTGTTGTTGTTAGAGGCTGGATGTGACAATAATTGGGAGAGGCAGGAA AGGAGTCCAGGACAAGCCTATGATATTCCTCCATTACCTTACCCAAGACCTCATTTG AACATTCTATATGCAAAGGGGCATTTAGCCCTCAGGTTTCCCAGAGGAACTCCCAAT AAAGACCTGTCTCAGGGACCCCCAACCATTTTTTAATGGTCTGCTTCCCTGACAAGG CACTGATGCAGGCAAGGGGTTTGTTTTTGTTTTAAGGGTTGGTATCCCAGAATGGAG CACCGGAAATAGGAAAATCCCTATTTATAGCCCTTCCTAGGACCAAGATTTCACCCA TGGCTGGGTGCTGGGGACGCAGAACAAGCAGAGGGGTGTGCGTGCGTGCGTGCGTG CGTGCGTGCATGTGGTGTTGAGGAAGCCTGAGATGCTCCCAGATCTCTAAAGTGCAG AGGAGAAGCAATGTGCGTTCACCCCGGTGATTCCATAAGCAGCCATCTCTGAGAGC ACACTCGGCTGCCAGGAGGAAAAACAGGTCAGGCCAATCTCATGGTTATCAATGGA CCCTAGAGTCATACGCTGCCTGGTCCAGCAGTGAGAGCCCATCCTGACTCCCTGTTG CCTATCTTAATGCTCCTGCAGGGCAGCAGATGGTTGGGGTGAACCCAGAGATAATAC CCATACATTGAGAACATTTCTTAGTCTACATCTCATAGTCATTCAGCGAACTGGACA CATCTACCCGCATCACCCTGGAGGTCAACAGGGGACCCTGAGGGTGGGGCTGATGC CAGGCACTTTATATAGTGAGCAGGCGTGCAAGTCTGGGACCCAGGGAATCCATCTCA GCCCCCACCCCTTAGCCAGGAGAGAACAAAGTAGGCCCCTGTTCAAGCCCAGCTCG GAGGCTGCCTTAGCTCCTCCTTCGCCCCCTCCTGCAGACCCAGCTCAGCTTGATGAG GTGTGACAACTGCAATTAGAGGCAAGCCGCCTGCTGCCCCCAGAGCATTAAGAGCA AATTAGAGAAGAAAAATCACAAGAGAAGCTCTTCTGCCTGCAGTCTAGACTCCCAG GGGACTGGGTGGAGGAAGGAAGAGCTTAGGGCATAGGGATGAGGAGGTAAAAGTA ACAGCAGGAAGGGTCACCTGCAAGTTCCCACGCAGTTAAATGATAGGTGGCCTTTTT TTTTTTTTTTTAATCTGTAGCTTTTTGTCAGGCAATGTGCCTATCTCTTTCAGAACAAT TAATCAGTGGGGTCAAAGGGCCCTGCCATGCTGGCTGCCCCCATCAGGCTACTCAAA AAGGAAAGCAGTTCCAAGCTCCAGCCTGTGGGCATCAGGCCTATCTGCTCTGGCCTG GTGTTTATCAGCTAGGCTCGCTCTTTCTGGTCAAATGGGTCCTCATCCATTCTGTCCC CACTGAACTTCTGTCTCTGGTGAAGGAAGGTAACTGTAGCTGCCTCTGATGGCTGCT GCAATGTGTGTGGAGAATGAACATGTGAAAACCCCACACCCTGAAGGGTGGCACAT ATGACACATTTACTCAAGAGGACACAGGACTGGGACGGTGTAGGAAGCCAACTCAT TTGTTTTGTGGACTAGTCACTGTTCACATTATTTAAATCGACTGACGTGACAGACTCC TTCTTTGACTGGGCACTGTGACAGAAGGAGAGAACTCAGCAATGGGAAAGCTGGCC TCCACAGCTACCAAGGCACACAAAGAAATCCAGTTAACCACCACCTGGCCAGAAAA GGGTCAAGGGACCAAAACAAAATGATTAGCAAGTAATTTTGGCTTCTAAGAGAACC CACAGGTGTCTGTCACCTTGATCTTTATTTTTCTGCTACACCCAGGAAATGGTTGCTC ATTTTACCCAGTAGACTCGGAGAAGTTAATGCTTTCAAGGTCACACAGTACAAAGCT GGGATTGAAACAGTTTGTAACTGACTTCCAATCTTGTGTTCATGCTACCTGGCAAAC TGTCCATATTTGCTCCACAGCCAGATCCAGAATAACATTTGTCTCCTCTCGTGCAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-3′.

[0207] In addition, the R114 clone contains an ORF from basepair 94 through basepair 993. This ORF encodes a polypeptide of 300 amino acid residues. The translational start site was assigned to the first methionine residue in the ORF. The amino acid sequence of the R114 polypeptide is as follows: MKKESRDMDCYLRRLK (SEQ ID NO:48) QELMSMKEVGDGLQDQMNCMMGALQELKLLQVQTALEQLEISGGAPTFSCPKSSQEQT ECPRWQGSGGPAGLAACPSSSQPSFDGSPKFPCRRSICGKELAVLPKTQMPEDQSCTQQG IEWVEPDDWTSTLMSRGRNRQPLVLGDNVFADLVGNWLDLPELEKGGERGETGGSGEP KGEKGQSRELGRKFALTANIFRKFLRSVRPDRDRLLKEKPGWMTPMVSESRAGRSKKV KKRSLSKGSGRFPFSSTGEPRHIETPATSSPKALEPSCRGFDINTAVWV.

[0208] A portion of R114 from base position 111 to position 210 was found to have 98 percent identity with the mouse G protein-coupled receptor EBI 1 (accession #L31580). This homology, however, ends with position 210. In addition, the 100 bp region of 98 percent identity in the EBI 1 clone appears to be an artifact produced while PCR cloning EBI 1. This “identity” region in R114, however, is not an artifact, since RT-PCR with primers located in the 3′ untranslated region of R114 and the middle of the “identity” region (139-164 bp) was used to obtain portions of the R114 clone. In addition, a portion of R114 from base position 143 to 601 was found to have very strong homology with a human EST obtained from prostate tumor (accession # AA595469). This indicates that the entire “identity” region is from one gene and not a product of concatamerization of the R114 clone and EPI 1.

[0209] The alignment of the human EST obtained from prostate tumor with R114 revealed a very high level of identity at the 5′ and 3′ ends of the overlapping region and a somewhat lower homology in the middle. In addition, 13 base insertions and deletions were identified between the EST sequence and R114. After excluding 7 of the 13 differences because they would have caused a frame shift, the two sequences were translated and compared. This comparison revealed an 81% homology at the nucleic acid level and an 85% homology at the amino acid level. Interestingly, no homology was found between the two sequences before position 143 of R114. Position 143 is six bp before the third methionine residue. Thus, the translational start site of R114 may be the third methionine residue in the ORF.

[0210] Further, 95% homology was found to exist at the nucleic acid level (98% at the amino acid level; there is a one base deletion in the EST that is probably an error of sequencing) between the 3′ end of the R114 ORF from position 580 to about 987 and the full length of an EST from mouse mammary gland (accession # AA472513).

[0211] Northern blot analysis using a sequence from the R114 clone revealed that the expression of the R114 mRNA was moderately upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment.

[0212] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated R198. The following two nucleic acid sequences are within the R198 clone: 5′-TTTKTTTKTAATTTTTTTTTTTTNATTTGGGTTGA (SEQ ID NO:49) TTCCTTGNTTTTTANTTGCCAAATNTTACCGATCANTGANCAAAGCAAGCACAGCCA AAATCGGACCTCACCTTAATTCCGTCTTCACACAAAAATAAAAAAACGGCAAACTCA CCCCCATTTTTAATTTTGTTTTAATTTACTTACTTATTTTATTTATTTATTTTTTGGC AAAAAAATCTCAGGAATGGCCCTGGGCCACCTACTATATTAATCATTTTGATAACAT GAAAAATGATGGGCTCCTCCTAATGAAAAASCAAGGAAAGGAAAAGGCCAGGGGA ATGAGCTCAAAATTGATGCCCACKTGGGGAGCATCTGGTGAATAATCGCTCACKTCT TTCTTCCACAGTACCTTGTTTTGATCATTTCCACAGCACATTTCTCCTCCARAAACSC GAAAAACACAASCGTKTGGGTTCTGCATTTTTAAGGATAARARARARAAAGAGGTTG GGTATAGTAGGACAGGTTGTCAGAAGAGATGCTGCTATGGTCACGAGGGGCCGGTT TCACCTGCTATTGTTGTCGCCTCCTTCAGTTCCACTGCCTTTATGTCCCCTCCTCTCTC TTGTTTTAGCTGTTACACATACAGTAATACCTGAATATCCAACGGTATAGTTCACAA GGGGGTAATCAATGTTAAATCTAAAATAGAATTTAAAAAAAAAAGATTTTGACATA AAAGAGCCTTGATTTTAAAAAAAAAAGAGAGAGATGTAATTTAAAAAGTTTATTAT AAATTAAATTCAGCAAAAATTTGCTACAAAGTATAGAGAAGTATAAAATAAAAGTT ATYHGTTTCAAAMTAVCDTRTCGAMCTCVTCVABCCCGRGGAAKCCMCTASKKCBA RHSCGGCCCCCACCSCSSYSKAKMTYCATKCTTTTGAWWCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAA NAA-3′ and 5′-CAGCCTCTCACTCTCTNGCTCTCTTTCTGTCTCTTCCT (SEQ ID NO:50) CGCTCCCTCTCTTTCTCTCCTCCCTCTGCCTTCCCAGTGCATAAAGTCTCTGTCGCTCC CGGAACTTGTTGGCAATGCCTATTTTTCAGCTTTCCCCCGCGTTCTCTAAACTAACTA TTTAAAGGTCTGCGGTCGCAAATGGTTTGACTAAACGTAGGATGGGACTTAAGTTGA ACGGCAGATATATTTCACTGATCCTCGCGGTGCAAATAGCTTACCTGGTGCAGGCCG TGAGAGCAGCAGGCAAGTGCGATGCAGTCTTTAAGGGCTTTTCAGACTGTTTGCTCA AGCTGGGTGACAGCATGGCCAACTACCCGCAGGGCCTGGACGACAAGACGAACATC AAGACCGTGTGCACATACTGGGAGGATTTCCACAGCTGCACGGTCACAGCTCTTACG GATTGCCAGGAAGGGGCGAAAGATATGTGGGATAAACTGAGAAAAGAATCGAAAA ACCTCAATATCCAAGGCAGCTTATTCGAACTCTGCGGCAGCGGCAACGGGGCGGCG GGGTCCCTGCTCCCGGCGCTTTCCGTGCTCCTGGTGTCTCTCTCGGCAGCTTTAGCGA CCTGGCTTTCCTTCTGAGCACGGGGCCGGGTCCCCCCTCCGCTCACCCACCCACACTC ACTCCATGCTCCCGGAAAATCGAGAGGAAAGAGCCATTCGTTCTCTAAGGACGTTGT TGATTCTCTGTTGATATTGAAAACACTCATATGGGGATTGTTGGGNAAATCCTGTTTC TCTC-3′.

[0213] This clone is similar to neuretin (accession # U88958).

[0214] Another EEG nucleic acid clone was designated R233. The following nucleic acid sequence is within the R233 clone: 5′-AAACCNAGAACCCCCCTTTGNAGAACCNTTG (SEQ ID NO:51) TTTCCTTTCAAGCCCAAGGAAGGCGGGGCCCAACCTTTGGTGTTNTTTGAACAGGCC TTGAACAGGAGGNTWAGGAGAAATTTCCGGTTGTGGAACCCCAACAGGAACCCCTT GGCACCCCTGGCCCCAAGGTTGTGMAACTTTGGTTTGCTTAATTTGGACCGTTTTTGC CTTGAGGATTCATGACTTTTTTTTGKGCCCTTGTGAGCCAAGATGTTGGGTTTTCCCA TCAACAWTAATAACCCCTTGCTTTTTGGGGTGATTCCCCTGGGGAGTTTCCTGATGA ATTCCCCCACAGCTCCTGGGGTTTTCATCTTGTTCTTACTGTTGTCTGGATTAGGAGG GCGGAGAGGGTGGACTCCCTGAGACAAGATAAGCAGGTGGAGACATAGAAGAGGG AGGGACATTTAACATAGTAACATTTTCAGAGGTGACAGAGATGATACACGGGCAGC TGGAMTTTTGTGAAGGACAGAGGAGCTGGCAGACCCACAGGGCCATACCTTTGAGG GACAGGTGAATGGCTGGTTACCAGAGACAGGACTGGTAGACAGTCAAGTACCTCAC TACGATGTGCCAAGAGATYTGGGATCCTGGGAAATGTGTGGAGAAGAGGATTTGAC ACTCCCCACCCCCAAGGCCCTTCCCCTTTGCTGACAGCATTGCTGTGGTCGTGGCCTG TTGCCTTGTCCTCTGTCCCTGGGTGGGGCACACCCTCCTGTGCTGTGCTTGCCTTGTG CATCAATAAACCAC-3′.

[0215] This clone is similar to KIAA0273 (accession # D87463).

[0216] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated R241. The first library screen produced a clone designated R241-4. This R241-4 clone contained a 2.0 kb fragment and a polyA tail. A second library screen using 5′-end of R241-4 as a probe produced an additional clone designated R241-12. The following nucleic acid sequence is within the R241 clone: 5′-GCANTTTGGAGT (SEQ ID NO:52) TATTGCTTAAAACCAGGNTAAGGCACTTTGTCCCACAGGACCCAGGAATCNTAAAN GGGTTGAAATTGGGNCGGGGAACCCCAGGATATAATGCNACTTTTGTTAGGGGGAG AGTTCAGCTCTAACTGGTAGTAGTGTGAAAGTAAGCACCTTGACTTCAATTTTGGAA AGCACTTGGTAAATGGAGAGAACTTTGGAGTTTCCCTATCATCTATATCAGTCTTTG AACACACCCTCAAGTCCCAGCCTCAAGGCTCAATAAAGGACCACATAGCAGGTCTG AGGCTCACTGCTCTCAGCCCTTAACACAGGGCAGTGGAGAGCAGGGTGATCTTCCCT CTCTGGAGCTTCTCCTTGGCCTTCTTCTCCACTTGGGCTTCTGCTCAGCAGCAGATAT ATTCTGGGTTCCATAAGGAATCCAGCTGTCCCAGTGGCTTGACCCTGTCAAGGCAAG ATATCAACTCTGAGGATGACCCAGTCATGGAGGAAGAGAGTGTGACAAGATCCGCA GTTTGAAGCAAAACTGTGTTTGGTCTTTTCAAGAAACAAATGGGCACATTGAGTTCT GTTCAGTGTCAGAGGATATCTTTCCCTTTGCTCCCAGATTTCCAGAAATGGATAATGT TTTCATTTCTGTGGGAAGGGTCAAGAAACATAAAATTGCTCAACAATGCTTGCTTCC CTTGAGGGTTGTTGAGCAAAGGCCGATATGCCTCCCTGCATTCTCTTCTACCTCAAG ATTTTGGAATTCAATTCTGGAACAGAAATTTATTTACACAAGAACACTTGTTGTCAG CCTTGGTTACTGTGGGAGTTACATAAGGGTGACAGTCTGTATCTTCTAARTTAAACA GGAACTGGGCTTTGGCGGCCTATTGACCCAGTTTATATCTAAATATAACTGTGGCTC CAAATGATTGGCCAATAACATTCCCTTTACCTTCAAAGTTTTCTCCATCAGTCATTTC TGTGGCAGCACAGTTCCAATGTCATATGCCCC: TGCAAAGTTGAAAGTAATTAGTGA CAAAATAACCCTCCCCCCTTTCAGTGGCCAAACTGTCAGCTGTAGCAGCGCTGCGAA AGCGAGTACTACACTATGTACGGAAAG: CCTGTTCCTTATCACGGACTAGACTCAAG AAATGCCATCTCCGAACGGTGGCATTCAAGGTGGTAGTCGTTTGAATGGAACAGTCA TCTATGTGGACATTGTTAAAGTGTTTTAAAGAGTATTTTGAAAATTAAGTTTACATTT TACAACTGCTTTATTTTTATTGAAACAATTGTATATAAATATTACCCTCTTTCACTGTT AATTAAAGTAAACCTAGACCTTGTAGACAAGTGGGTCAACTGATATGTATAGAAGCT GTGATGTAGACAATACCTTTCTCTTGTGTAAATGGTCATAAATATAGCTGTTCCTGTG TTTTTATAAGTTGAGGGTATTTTGTTGTTTTATAACAACAAAATTTATTGCATTTGAA ATGGTTTTTATGTAATAGAATCATGCAAACAGTGAAGGATTATAACATGGTATATGT AAATGTATAAACTTTAGAAAGAAATAAATACAACAAATTTCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAA-3′.

[0217] Northern blot analysis using the 3′-end the R241 clone as a probe revealed the presence of two mRNA transcripts: one about 7.0-8.0 kb and the other 4.8 kb. In addition, this analysis revealed that the expression of the R241 mRNA was marginally upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment.

[0218] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated R256. The first library screen produced a clone designated R256-8. This R256-8 clone contained a 1.8 kb fragment. A second library screen using 5′-end of R256-8 as a probe produced two additional clone designated R256-2 and R256-3. These additional clones contained each contained a 3.0 kb fragment. The following nucleic acid sequence is within the R256 clone: 5′-GGCACGAGGACAGATTCTGAGATGGAAACTTAAATTACATCCCAGAGGCAGG (SEQ ID NO:53) GAAACTATGAAGTCACCGTTCCTAGACCACCCCTTACTGAGGTTCCACGGTCACACTG ACGGCAGGACCCACAAGGGCAGGGTATTGGTCTGCCCTCCTTTCTCCTGTCTGTCTG ACTTACCTAACTTTGGTCTCGGCTGCTGACACTTGGAAAGGACCAAATTACTTGATAG TATTTCCCCCTGTTTGTGTAATAGCCTGAAACCTTGGAGAGGTTCCAGAATACTTCT GTATATAGGGCACAGGTGAAGACATTGTCCAAAGCTTATTTATTTATCTATTTATTT ACCCTGGCTGAGTAACCACACCAGTAGGGGGAAAACTAAAATGTGTTGAGTGTAAA CAAAGTCACCAGCCTGGCTAGAAATTCTCCCTGGAAAACATCCATTTTGATACAA TGTAAACGTTAGTGTTCACCCTTAGATACATGTTGAAAGAGAGCTTTGGTACGCG GAAGTGGCATCTTTGGTCACACACCATGCCAAAGTGAAGAGGTGGCCAGTGGAGGTC TTCCGGTCCTGTCGGGATCATTTGTGAATACATTCTTTGCCCCTCTTAAGTACTTGTT TACTAAACATGTGCAGTGGTAGGTATTAGTGTTAGATCACAGTGGGCACTTCCCTGGG GATCTGGGGAAGACCAGAGCTTGCAACTCTGCCTGTTTTGATCCCTATTTCTCACAG TGCTGTATTAAAAAAAATAGGATTTAAGACAGATAACCACCTTTACATTGTGAGTGT GTTTGCCTTGTCTAACGACAGATAATTCTTAACATTTCTCTTCACCTTAGTACTTT AGGCTAATTATACACGTCTGTCTATGCCATGAGTAAGTGGACTGTAGTCGGACCAAA AGAAAACAAATGAGCCGTTGGACCATTTGTGCAGTCAGTTTCTGGTCCTTAGATGT ATCCTAAGCAGTAAGTGTCTGATTGTACCCTGGTGGTATGATCAGTTGTCTCGTAG CTGTCTCAGCTCCACAGTTTACAATGCAAATCTGTCTCAAGATCTTCACGTCACTG CTGCTGAGAGCAGGGAGAATTCTCTGCAGCTGTTTCAAAGTTGTGGCCCGGCCTTG AATCCTCTGTTAATTACTGTGTGAGCCAGAGGGAGCTGCCCAGCAAGGGTGGGCCC CCAGCCGGCAGGGGAACTTTCTAGACTCCCCGCTCATTCAATTGATCTAGGCATT CGGGCCTGCTACTTGACCATTCTCGCCCTGTGAAATGTCCCACACTTTGAAGCAAA TACAATTCACAGCACAGTACACACAAAAACCCTGGCATAAGACAGGGGAGGTTC TTCTTATTTTGTGAGCCGGTTGCCCTGGAAACGGATAACAAAGGGCAGCCTTCC ACTTCTGGCATAATGGTGGAGCCTCTTTTCTCAGGCTTGACACCTGTCTGAATA AGAGTGATTAGAGCCGCATAATATCCCTCTCTTGGCTATTGAATATGTGGTTCACA TACCAAACCCTGTAGAAGTTAGAAGACGGTCGTGTTCGTATGTTGTTTGCTTCCAC TACATTTTTGAGGTTTTGTAAAACTGTTATTTTTTTTCACGATGTGAAACTGAA GGTCAATAAATTATTAGAGATTTTCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-3′.

[0219] Northern blot analysis using a sequence from the R256 clone as a probe revealed the presence of a 4.0-4.8 kb mRNA transcript. In addition, this analysis revealed that the expression of the R256 mRNA was moderately upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment.

[0220] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated R261. The first library screen produced a clone containing a 1.0 kb fragment with a polyA signal and tail. A second library screen using a portion of this clone as a probe produced 41 positive signals that were isolated. In addition, PCR using T3 or T7 primers along with a R261 sequence specific primer resulted in the 850 bp of additional sequence from a solution containing the phage plug from a first screen. The following nucleic acid sequence is within the R261 clone: 5′-CTTAAAACCCCTAGATTTCCTGTTACATACTAACACAGGTCTTCCCTTTCACT (SEQ ID NO:54) CCAACCCCAGGTTTCAGGCCTCAGAGCCATGCTGGGGTTGGAGAAAACTGCATTCCTA TGAGGGTAAAAAGTAGCTGCCCTCTCTGACCCTTTCTTGCTAGGCTTCATGCGGGAT GGGAGAGGGTATCCCCAGGATGGGGACAGAGGAAGCCTGGCTAGGGCCTTCTAGCC CAATAAGCCAAACAGGAACTATAAGCAGATCAAAATCCTACACTAGCTTATTAGGGC CCTGTTAGTTGAAAACCTTGTTGCTGTCCCAAGTTCTTCAGTTACAACCGAGTACACT TACTCTTCCAACTGTCCTAAGGGTCACTACCCAGCCAGCTTTGGATCTTCAGCACTTT TAAAAGCTGAAACTCCCTCTTGCCCTTCTTGTCTATTCCTCACTGCCAGTTGGGGCCTA GGCTCAGTCCTGGGCAAATGCCCATGATCCTGCTGCTGTGGGAAGTTTGATAGGGCAT TTGGCTCAAATTTCAAAAGGCCTCGCTCCTGACCTGATTTCTCGAAGCTCCAGTAGTT CTAGACCCCTCCAATCTCTCATCTGACTGGTTGCAAGGCTTATTTTTCTTTTGTACTT TCCTATAGAGCATTTCTGTAGCATTTGAGTGTGGCGATATTTTTGTTGTGTGTAG ATTTCTAAGAACCAACACTACTCAGTCTCCTGCTAGTCTGACTCCTGAAGCATCAGAC CTCGTCATACGGTATTGACTGTGTATGTGCCTTTCACCTTGAGCATGCTTCAGGATTT TTTTTCTTAAACCACAGAACTTGAATACACAAGGGAACCAGAATTCACAAAGTCCTAT GCAACCCTAGACAGGAGGAGGTTAGAGAGTCTGTCTTGATTGGTGATTTCAGAGAC CCNAGAGAAATTTGTACCAGTTTGTATTAATGTCAGTACTACCAGCACTTTGCCAAAA CTAAGGATGTCAGAGGGACCTGTTTCTAGAGTGAGTCCCAATTACATCAAAGGGCAA CTTACAGCTTTCTCCAGTAAGTCTGAGTGGTTCTCTTGAGCTGGTGTCACTTTC TAACCTTTGCCAGTCTAGCCCAGCAGGGCCCTGTGTGTGTGAGTGCAGTTTGGTGCT GTTTTGGAGTATGCCTGCTCCCCAGCCTGGAACCCTCTCAGCAACTTGCTGGGACCT ATAATGTCTTAGGTGCAACAAGGACCCTACCAGAGCTCCTGGGTGGCTTTCAAGATC CACGTAGCTTTGTGTGAGGGGACTGAATGCAGACAAACCACAGCCTGCTTCAAATAC CTTCTTTCCCTACCACCTAGTTCCAAATGGAACCAACAAGTTGAGTGCATCTCTGTT GGGTGTTTTGTGTTGAGACTGGCTGAAGTGAAAACTCTTTGACTGACCATGTTGTGAT GTGTCGACAGACTCAAGGACACAACCACCTCGAGCTGGTCATGTGGCATGCCTGTGT ATGTGTGTAACAGGATTCTGAATGTTAGGTTGTAATGCTATTCCTGTATGGGAGAAAA AAATAATATAAACAAATAAAAATCTATTTAAAGCACAAAAAAAAAA-3′.

[0221] Sequence analysis revealed the presence of some homology with EST sequences including that of a cDNA clone from ae69b04.s1 Stratagene schizo brain S11 (accession # AA774320).

[0222] Northern blot analysis using a sequence from the R261 clone as a probe revealed the presence of a 4.0 kb mRNA transcript. In addition, this analysis revealed that the expression of the R261 mRNA was marginally upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment.

[0223] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated R272. The first library screen produced a clone that was used in a second library screen. This second library screen produced two additional clones designated R272-1 and R272-2. Clone R272-1 contained a 2.0 kb fragment while clone R272-2 contained a 1.7 kb fragment. The following two nucleic acid sequences are within the R272 clone: 5′-CCATGGGGACTGGTTTGTCACCNATTGCCCATGGNTTGGTTGGTAG (SEQ ID NO:55) GTGTTTTTTGGTGGACATTTTTGTTTCNCGTTTTGAACTCCAGATTATTGGGTTTTTG TTTTAATTTATTTTTGTCAGAGGAAAAATAATTTAACATCCATCTCACAGGCTTGCTT GACTGTTCAGTTCCAAGGTCCTGCTCACTTTTTCTTGTCTTGCCTCTGCTCTGGCTTT CTTCATGATAGTGCTGGACGTGGAGCTGAGAGTCTCGTTTACTCTAGGCAAACCCTCT ACCTGAAGCCAGAGCCCAGCACTCCGTACCACCACAGACTTCTGAAGCTGGCAAAGTT TTAGAAGCTGGGAGTTTTCTGATTCTCTCATTATTAAGTTTCTCCTCAGTCTTTAGATA GAGGTAAATGTGGGCTTGTAAGAAAAGAAACGAAAGCACGTAATGTACACCTATTCT GAATTATGCAAATTAGCTCTTACTCAGGGTCAACTAAATTACTTCAACTCGCCCTTTA GTTTACTCTTAATTTGCAAAAAGAGAAAAAAGAAGGAAAACTAAATAGGACTATGAT TTGGGGAGCCAAATTGATAATCTGATGTAAAAGTTGCTGTGTTAAACATAAATTATT AAGTGTAGACTTTTTTCCTAGGATATTGTATTCATTTTGTGATATCGCCTAGAATGAT GTATTAGATAAAAATCAATTTTGTAAGTATGTAAATATGTCATAAATAAATACTTTGA CTTATTTCTCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-3′ and 5′-GATTTTATATTCAATGTTGTTTATTTAATCCATTGCAGTTGGTGAATGCCTTTT (SEQ ID NO:56) CCTCCTAGACACCCTGTATTATACCATTTGGGGATTAAGTCAAAGTTAAGTATATTTT TTTCTTACTTGAGCTCTATATATGCAATTCAGATATCTTCCTGATGACAGTTTTATAT GTAAATGTAATTTAACTTTCTTTCCGTGTTGACGAAGTTCTGTAGGTGTTAGGGTTAG AAGTCTCAGCACTCACTTCTCTCACTGGATGTGCAGTGTGCCTGCCATGGCGCACGG CTTCTCAGTAATGATGCCATCTCTGCTACTTTTACAGAAGGAGAAGTTTACTTTTGAG GTGGGTATGTGTTGATATCTAAACACTGTGTGTTGCTTGCTTAGATAGGCAAGACAC ACTGCTGTGCGTGGCTCCTGTGGTGCACCTAGCCCAGGGGAACGTAGCCTCAGTACT TCCGCTGGCTTCTTCATGCCTAAGAAGCAGGGGCCTTTCTTGTTTGCTGGGCTCTGGC TTTAAAAGTTGTCCTTTGGGTCTGGAGATGTAGCTCTGTGACAGAACACCAGCTAAT GTCAGGTCCTGCGGTCAGTCTCTGGTACACACAAGCGCACACTCACATGATGGGGGG ATGAAAGGCTGTCCTTGTGTAACAGTATTCGATGGGGCGTTGCCTGGATGACGATGT TTATGTACTCTGAAGGCAGATCCTGAAGGCACCCTGTTCTTCCCTTCCTTGTGTAACT GAGTCTGCACTAGCTTAGCCACTGTTTTAGAGGCCATCCTAGTGGGCGAACAGGAGG CATCGCACTGGGTGATGGTTTGCCTTCAGTCCTCAAGTAACAGCGGCCGACTTATGC CGATGGCTTGTTTGAAATCAAATATTACCAAGTTGGCCTAGTCTGCCTTCTGTGAAG AAGGGGAGAAAGGAAGGGTGGAAAGGTGGATGGAAAGCCTTTGGGGAACTAGTCT GATCTCTCAAGGG-3′.

[0224] Northern blot analysis using a sequence from the R272 clone as a probe revealed the presence of a 1.0 kb mRNA transcript. There appears to be a discrepancy in the length of the R272 mRNA since the Northern blot data indicates a message of 1.0 kb while the cloning data reveals a message length around 2.0 kb. Regardless, the Norther blot data indicated that the R272 mRNA expression level was moderately upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment.

[0225] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated R280. The following nucleic acid sequence is within the R280 clone: 5′-CTTCAGTTCCTTTGAGGGGNCTTTCCTTCGAAGGGGATACGCCTACCTTTCACGA (SEQ ID NO:57) GTTGCGCAGTTTGTCTGCAAGACTCTATGAGAAGCAGATAAGCGATAAGTTTGCTCAA CATCTTCTCGGGCATAAGTCGGACACCATGGCATCACAGTATCGTGATGACAGAGGCA GGGAGTGGGACAAAATTGAAATCAAATAATGATTTTATTTTGACTGATAGTGACCTGT TCGTTGCAACAAATTGATAAGCAATGCTTTTTTATAATGCCAACTTAGTATAAAAAAG CTGAACGAGAAACGTAAAATGATATAAATATCAATATATTAAATTAGATTTTGCATAA AAAACAGACTACATAATACTGTAAAACACAACATATGCAGTCACTATGAATCAACTAC TTAGATGGTATTAGTGACCTGTAACAGAGCATTAGCGCAAGGTGATTTTTGTCTTCT TGCGCTAATTTTTTGTCATCAAACCTGTCGCACTCCAGAGAAGCACAAAGCCTCGC AATCCAGTGCAAAGCTTGCATGCCTGCAGGTCGACTCATATGCGGTGTGAAATACCG CACAGATGCGTAAGGAGAAAATACCGCATCAGGCGGCCATCGCCCTGATAGACGGTT TTTCGCCCTTTGACGTTGGAGTCCACGTTCTTTAATAGTGGACTCTTGTTCCAAACT GGAACAACACTCAACCCTATCTCGGTCTATTCTTTTGATTTATAAGGGATTTTGCC GATTTCGGCCTATTGGTTAAAAAATGAGCTGATTTAACAAAAATTTAACGCGAATT TTAACAAAATATTAACGCTTACAATTTGCCATTCGCCATTCAGGCTGCGCAACTGTT GGGAAGGGCGATCGGTGCGGGCCTCTTCGCTATTACGCCAGCTGGCGAAAGGGGG ATGTGCTGCAAGGCGATTAAGTTGGGTAACGCCAGGGTTTTCCCAGTCACGACGTT GTAAAACGACGGCCAGTGAATTGTAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCGAATTGGGTACCG GGCCCCCCCTCGAGGTCGACGGTATCGATAAGCTTGATATCGAATTCGGCACGAG CCGCAGCCGATATGCAGTCCCCGGCGGTGCTCGTCACCTCCAGGCAAGTTCAGAA TGCGCACACGGGYCTCGACCTGACTGTACCACAGCACCAGGAGGTGCGGGGT AAGATGATGTCAGGCCATGTGGAGTACCAGATCCTGGTGGTGACCCGGTTGGCTGTG TTCAAGTCAGCCAAGCACCGGCCCGAGGATGTCGTCCAGTTCTTGGTCTCCAAAA AATACAGCGAGATCGAGGAGTTTTACCAGAAACTGTACAGTCGTTACCCAGAAGC CAGCCTGCCCCCACTGCCTAGGAAGGTCCTGTTTGTCGGGGAGTCTGACATCCGGG AAAGGAGAGCCATGTTTGATGAGATTCTACGCTGTGTCTCCAAGGATGCCCAGTTGGC GGGCAGCCCAGAGCTGCTAGAATTCTTAGGCACCAGGTCCCCGGGGGCTACAGG CTTTGCCACCCGAGATCCCTCTGTCTTGGGATGACGACAGCCAGCCGGCCAGGGGAC AGTGATGAGGCTTTTGACTTCTTTGAGCAACAGGGATGAAGTGCAAGCCACCCACA TTGGGCCTGAGCAACAANGAAATGTTGAGAAGGTCCNTGGAAGGAANGAGGAGG GAAGGGAGGAAGGANGATAACTTGGGATCCCCCTTGGGGCAATCAATGCGGCCT CCCAAAGGAAAGNCCCTAAAG-3′.

[0226] Northern blot analysis using a sequence from the R280 clone revealed that the expression of the R280 mRNA was upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment.

[0227] Another IEG nucleic acid clone was designated R286. The first library screen produced a clone that was used as a probe for a second library screening. Briefly, the ³²P-labeled probe was used to screen a UniZAP rat hippocampal oligo(dT) primed library (Stratagene). This second screening produced a clone having a 4.7 kb full-length R286 cDNA sequence. The nucleic acid sequence of this rat version of R286 is as follows: 5′-CTGCCAGCCGAGGCTCCTGCCGCTGTGACCCGCGCTCCGCCCGCCGC (SEQ ID NO:58) CGGGCCGGGACCCTGATAGCTAATGTCAGAAGAAAGTGACTCTGTGAGAACCAGCCCC TCTGTGGCCTCACTCTCCGAAAATGAGCTGCCACCGCCTCCCCCGGAACCTCCC RGCTACGTGTGCTCGCTGACAGAAGACTTGGTCACCAAGGCCAGGGAAGAGCTTCAG GAGAAGCCCGAGTGGAGACTCCGGGATGTGCAGGCCCTTCGAGACATGGTACGGAA GGAGTACCCATACCTGAGTACATCGCTGGATGATGCCTTCCTGTTGCGCTTTCT GAGGGCCCGAAAGTTTGATTATGACCGGGCCCTGCAGCTGCTGGTCAACTACCAT GGCTGCAGGCGGAGCTGGCCAGAGGTCTTCAGCAACCTGAGGCCATCAGCCCTGAAAG ACGTTCTTAACTCTGGATTCCTCACAGTGCTGCCCCACACAGACCCCAGGGGCTG CCATGTCCTCTGCATCCGACCAGACAGATGGATACCGAGCAACTACCCGATCACC GAGAACATCCGCGCCATCTACTTGACGTTAGAAAAACTCATTCAGTCCGAGGAGAC CCAGGTGAACGGGGTTGTAATCCTCGCCGACTACAAGGGAGTGAGCTTATC AAAGGCGTCTCACTTTGGCCCCTTTATCGCCAGAAAGGTGATTGGCATCCTT CAGGATGGCCTTCCCCATTCGGATAAAAGCAGTTCACATAGTAAACGAACCTC GGATATTTAAGGGCATTTTCGCCATCATAAAACCATTTCTGAAGGAGAAAATTGCAA ACAGGTTCTTCCTCCATGGGTCTGACCTGAGCTCTCTGCACACGAGCCTTCCAAGGA ATATCCTCCCCAAAGAGTATGGGGGCACCGCTGGGGAGCTGGACACTGCCAGCTGG AACGCGGTGCTGCTGGCCTCGGAGGATGATTTTGTGAAAGAGTTCTGCCAGCCTGAG TCTGGCTGCGATGGTCTCTTGGGCCAGCCCCTGCTGCCTGAGGGGCTGATCTCAGAC GCGCAGTGTGACGACTCCATGCGAGCCATGAAGTCCCAGCTCTACTCCTGCTATTAG CCCTCTTCCGGGAGAATCACCATGTGTAATTCCTTCCTTCTTCGAATGCACAGGCTGA AGATGCCAGGACCTCGGTCTTGCTCCATCACAGTGCAGCACGGAGCTGCCTGCAGAG ATTTAAGGAGAGCCCATCACAGGCAGACCTCTGACCAGCTAGGTTATTCCAAGAAG ACATGGAAATTGCCCTGGTGATTCCCAGATGTCTGTACTCTAAGTCTGCAACTGTTA CTCTGGAAGCTGCATCTGTTTCTTATGCATCTTGGAAAGAACTAGGGTCAAAGTCAC TCTGAAGTGACCAGGAGTAGACAACTTGATTGATCATGAGTCTGAAACAATTGCCAA TCCTGAAAGGTGGCCATGCGTGAGACTTTGAGTCTCTTTCCCATAAACTGTAGGTGT TGACTACTGCTGCTTATCTGCAAAGGTCAGGGTTCAGGCCCCAGTTGGCATTGCTGG GTCTGGGAAGCACTGCTAACTGAGTGGTAGAAACGCCAGGCCCAGGCAGCACTTAA AGGTTAAAGGTCAAATTTGGAAGCTAAGGCTATAAATCATCCTGGGTTCCAGGCTTA AATCTTGCAATGGACACTCTCCCCAAACCATAAAGCCTTAGCTCTGGTTCTCCATGG AATCATGCAGGTCAACATAAAATACTGGATTCTTGGACTGCGTGGCTAAAAGCACTT AGACTARGAGTCCAGTGTGTGACTGGATGGATAGGGGCCTCAGCTTGTCAACTCTAA GTTAGMGMTCCATGGAATGAAGGCCTTGRGGGCTGCTCAAGTTCTGTTAGGTTTCTG CTTGGAAAGATGACCACCTGGAGGTGGCCGGGCCTTTTTGGTTTGGCTTGGTTTTGT GTTATAGACACAAGCCTTATGGAAAGGAACCGTCTGGCCTTTAAAGAAATTACTATG TTCCTGGGAGTTGGTGGTAACCAGCTGCTTTTGCAGATGATGGGTGAACTGGAAAGG GATGGCTTTTGTGAGGCTGACCAAGTCTTGTACGCGGATGTTGTACAGATTCCTCCC ACACCGGAGACATTCGTACTATATTAGAAACAGCCACGGACTTGTGCTCTTTCAGTT TGTGTCCCTGGAAACATACGGGGGGCAGGCTGTTGCTGGTTCACCTGGGGGCCCTGC CCTCCCAGACACGGGAGTGCTTGTCTAGCGTGGGAGGGCCAGTTGGCCAGATTGTTA GCTCTGCGTTGGGGTGTCGTAGACAACTGACAGGATTTTAGCCTTAACCCAAGCACT GAGTGAGGTGATTTTTCCCTTGGCTTTTGGCGTGTCTTTGGTATTCACCATGTATTGT GGTGTCAGGTAGTGTCAGGTACTGTTGGCTGTGTGTCTCCTAGACTAAGCGGGCGTT GSATACAGCTTACATACAGTGCTTGGAGACCAAAGGTCAGTTGGTTGTAATAAGCTG GTCCACCCTTAACAGACTTCCCAAACATYACAGAAGCTYTTATGGMCCTTACCTAAT AATGCCAATTCTGGAGGACACTCTTTTACCATAGAWKCSAATCCTTGATCTCCTGGC TCCTGGTTGAGCTTCCGCACTGATACACCCTCTTGRCTGCCCATCAGGGCCATTTGCT GCTGAGTTCTGCATTGCTTAAKCTSCKGSYGYTTTCTGCCTAAAGGGATGGCCACCC AGACACCTAAAAAGACCCGGGATGGCTCTCTAGCCTTGGTGGAGAGTCTTATTAGAA GTTTTCTTTGGGGGATTGGGGATTTGGCTCAGTGGTAGAGCGCTTGCCTGGCAAGCA CAAGGCCCTGGGTTCGGTCCCCAGCTCTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAGTTTTCTTTGGTAGT TGGGGAAAAGGCAGAAGGAAAAAAACAAAGGGAAAGATGAATCTCTCAGTCCTAC CTGGTTCCCTAAATTTAAATCGTGTCATGTGACTAGTTAAGTCTCTTTGACTTAACAA AGGGACACCAGGTTCTTGGGGAGAAATCTCAGAGCAAAATGTTGCCTGTTGSTAACC TTCTGGTAACCARAGGARCCTTGATAARCTTARGAGYKGACTGTATGTCCATGCTCT TGTGACTCTAGAGACTCTGGCACCTCAGGTTNAAGCAGGCTGTGAGCCAGATGTCCT GGTGCCAAGCAACCCCACTGTTGAGCAGCAGGGGCACCATAGGCCTCAGCTAGGGG AGCGCACTGGTAGAGCCAGCAAGTGAGCAGGAATCTGACTTTAGGGTAAAAATCTA GACAGTTCTGACAGCTGGAAGTCAACTTTTCCTCCATTCAAAGTCATGTGGCATTGG GAAGGGGCTAGGGAAATAGAAGTGGGTTCCAGCTTTATCTTCCTACACAGTCTCGAG TATAGCATTAACACCGAGTGCTGGACAGAGGTTGTCTGCTGAACACTCAATCCTGCT CCTGACTGACTCTGGAAATAAGGACATTCCACTCTGCTTGGCGCGGAGATGCCCTAG TGTGCGGCCGCGGGGGCTTCTCTTTCTCAAGTCCTCTACAGNACTTCCAGGCAGTTC ATCTTCCTAGGAAAAGGTATGGAGGTTCTGCCTTCATGGTAGAAACACAGGATAAA ATCTACAGTAAACAACCGGTAAGTGCTGGCTTCTTACGCCTTGGCTTTCTCCAGGC CAGGTGGGTTCGACTACTCCCATTTCATCTTTGTAAGCACCTCAGGTTATAGGGCAG TTTCTTCAGAGTTGGGGGGACTGGAGCCATTCCCCCTGTAATGCCTGAGGTGGCCTT ACCACCTAGCAGCCAGTTTGGCCAGCAACAGCCACACTGCTGTTATGGTATCATAAT ACCTCATCCTCGGGTTTCCTTCAGAAAGGRAAAWGCTAACTCAGTTGATGTAAGTG TGCTGTGCTGGGATCCTGTCATGTGGGAGGGAACACCAAATACACAGGCTCTCAGG AGACATCTTGCTAAGGCTTCTCTTTACTGCAGTCTGCTCACGTTGTAAATCTGCCCTC TGTTCTCCTGACTCARAAAGACTCAGCCMCAAATCAAGAAGCGCCATCAAACGTTCC TTCTCAKKGGGAACGTGCTCCACAGGAAGGTCCAGWGGGATTTGCARCTAGAGTCA CGTTTTACTGGKTTGTGAMCAAATTTACTGGTTTTCARTTACCTGGGGKCCTATGKG KKTTTTMAACCTTTTCCCATMAGGCAGTTAGTAGTAGCCACTTTGGGTTCCTGTGGA CGTGCCTCAGCTTCTCGGCATAGGAACCCAACAGGTAGAATACTTGAAACTTCTCAG TGGCCAAGACCTCGATACCCTCTCTGATGGGTGGGAACTGGGCTATTTTCCTGACCA ATCTAGGCCACCATTTTAGTCCCTGGTCACATTCCTTACTCCAAACTGAAATTCAGTT TGGCTTTGAGTATGTGCACACGTGGTGGGTTCACCTACTTCAGTGTTGACCAAAAGT TTATTTTTCTAGTGCATTTTTCTAAATGGTAAAAATATGTAATTTTAGTATGCATGAC TGGGTCTCCAAAATAAAAACTGAGTGTATTGTGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAA-3′.

[0228] The following nucleic acid sequence is the ORF for rat R286: 5′-ATGTCAGAAGAAAGTGACTCTGTGAGAACCAGCCCCTCTGTGGCCTCACTCTC (SEQ ID NO:59) CGAAAATGAGCTGCCACCGCCTCCCCCGGAACCTCCCGGCTACGTGTGCTCGCTGAC AGAAGACTTGGTCACCAAGGCCAGGGAAGAGCTTCAGGAGAAGCCCGAGTGGAGAC TCCGGGATGTGCAGGCCCTTCGAGACATGGTACGGAAGGAGTACCCATACCTGAGT ACATCGCTGGATGATGCCTTCCTGTTGCGCTTTCTGAGGGCCCGAAAGTTGATTATG ACCGGGCCCTGCAGCTGCTGGTCAACTACCATGGCTGCAGGCGGAGCTGGCCAGAG GTCTTCAGCAACCTGAGGCCATCAGCCCTGAAAGACGTTCTTAACTCTGGATTCCTC ACAGTGCTGCCCCACACAGACCCCAGGGGCTGCCATGTCCTCTGCATCCGACCAGAC AGATGGATACCGAGCAACTACCCGATCACCGAGAACATCCGCGCCATCTACTTGAC GTTAGAAAAACTCATTCAGTCCGAGGAGACCCAGGTGAACGGGGTTGTAATCCTCG CCGACTACAAGGGAGTGAGCTTATCAAAGGCGTCTCACTTTGGCCCCTTTATCGCCA GAAAGGTGATTGGCATCCTTCAGGATGGCTTCCCCATTCGGATAAAAGCAGTTCACA TAGTAAACGAACCTCGGATATTTAAGGGCATTTTCGCCATCATAAAACCATTTCTGA AGGAGAAAATTGCAAACAGGTTCTTCCTCCATGGGTCTGACCTGAGCTCTCTGCACA CGAGCCTTCCAAGGAATATCCTCCCCAAAGAGTATGGGGGCACCGCTGGGGAGCTG GACACTGCCAGCTGGAACGCGGTGCTGCTGGCCTCGGAGGATGATTTTGTGAAAGA GTTCTGCCAGCCTGAGTCTGGCTGCGATGGTCTCTTGGGCCAGCCCCTGCTGCCTGA GGGGCTGATCTCAGACGCGCAGTGTGACGACTCCATGCGAGCCATGAAGTCCCAGC TCTACTCCTGCTATTAG-3′.

[0229] Using the rat R286 cDNA sequence and a portion of the human R286 nucleic acid sequence, specific primers were designed to amplify the human R286 homologue. After RT-PCR using human hippocampal RNA and the specific primers, the PCR product was subcloned in the TA-cloning vector (InVitrogen) and sequenced with SP6 and T7 primers. The following nucleic acid sequence is the ORF for human R286: 5′-ATGTCCGAAGAAAGGGACTCTCTGAGAACCAGCCCTTCTGTGGCCTCACTCTCTGA (SEQ ID NO:60) AAATGAGCTGCCACCACCACCTGAGCCTCCGGGCTATGTGTGCTCACTGACAGAAGAC CTGGTCACCAAAGCCCGGGAAGAGCTGCAGGAAAAGCCGGAATGGAGACTTCGAGA TGTGCAGGCCCTTCGTGACATGGTGCGGAAGGAGTACCCCAACCTGAGCACATCCCT CGACGATGCCTTCCTGCTGCGCTTCCTCCGAGCCCGCAAGTTTGATTACGACCGGGC CCTGCAGCTCCTCGTCAACTACCACAGCTGTAGAAGAAGCTGGCCCGAAGTCTTCAA TAACTTGAAGCCATCAGCCTTAAAAGATGTCCTTGCTTCCGGGTTCCTCACCGTGCTG CCCCACACTGACCCCAGGGGCTGCCATGTCGTCTGCATCCGCCCAGACAGATGGATA CCAAGCAACTATCCAATTACTGAAAACATCCGAGCCATATACTTGACCTTAGAAAAA CTCATTCAGTCTGAAGAAACCCAGGTGAATGGAATTGTAATTCTTGCAGACTACAAA GGAGTGAGTTTATCAAAAGCATCTCACTTTGGCCCTTTTATAGCCAAAAAGGTGATT GGCATCCTCCAGGATGGTTTCCCCATTCGGATAAAAGCAGTCCATGTGGTGAATGAA CCTCGAATATTTAAAGGCATTTTTGCCATCATAAAACCATTTCTAAAGGAGAAAATA GCAAACAGATTCTTCCTCCATGGGTCTGACTTGAACTCTCTCCACACAAACCTTCCA AGAAGCATCCTCCCCAAGGAGTATGGGGGCACGGCTGGGGAGCTGGACACTGCCAC CTGGAACGCAGTACTGCTGGCTTCAGAAGACGATTTTGTGAAAGAGTTCTGCCAACC TGTTCCTGCCTGTGACAGCATCCTGGGCCAGACGCTGCTGCCCGAGGGCCTGACCTC AGATGCACAGTGTGACGACTCCTTGCGAGCTGTGAAGTCACAGCTGTACTCCTGCTA CTAG-3′.

[0230] The R286 clones were found to be homologous to a family of transfer proteins for hydrophobic ligands (such as lipid soluble vitamins and phospholipids). Thus, R286 is a lipid transfer polypeptide. The amino acid sequence of the rat R286 polypeptide is as follows: MSEESDSVRTSPSVASLSENELPPPPPEPPXYVCSLTEDLVTKAREELQEKPEW (SEQ ID NO:61) RLRDVQALRDMVRKEYPYLSTSLDDAFLLRFLRARKFDYDRALQLLVNYHGCRRSWPE VFSNLRPSALKDVLNSGFLTVLPHTDPRGCHVLCIRPDRWIPSNYPITENIRAIY LTLEKLIQSEETQVNGVVILADYKGVSLSKASHFGPFIARKVIGILQDGFPIRIKAVHIVNE PRIFKGIFAIIKPFLKEKIANRFFLHGSDLSSLHTSLPRNILPKEYGGTAGELDTASWNAVL LASEDDFVKEFCQPESGCDGLLGQPLLPEGLISDAQCDDSMRAMKSQLYSCY.

[0231] The amino acid sequence of the human R286 polypeptide is as follows: MSEERDSLRTSPSVASLSENELPPPPEPPGYVCSLTEDLVTKAREELQEKPEWRLRDVQALRD (SEQ ID NO:62) MVRKEYPNLSTSLDDAFLLRFLRARKFDYDRALQLLVNYHSCRRSWPEVFNNLKPSALKDVLA SGFLTVLPHTDPRGCHVVCIRPDRWIPSNYPITENIRAIYLTLEKLIQSEETQVNGIVILADY KGVSLSKASHFGPFIAKKVIGILQDGFPIRIKAVHVVNEPRIFKGIFAIIKPFLKEKIANRFFL HGSDLNSLHTNLPRSILPKEYGGTAGELDTATWNAVLLASEDDFVKEFCQPVPACDSILG QTLLPEGLTSDAQCDDSLRAVKSQLYSCY.

[0232] Northern blot and in situ analysis using a sequence from the R286 clone as a probe revealed the presence R286 mRNA throughout rat brain. For in situ hybridization, Dig-labeled cRNA probes were used as described elsewhere (Kuner et al., Science 283:5398 (1999)). Specifically, R286 mRNA expression was the highest in the cortex and hippocampus while being moderately high in the cerebellar granule cells, brainstem nuclei, several lateral and medial thalamic nuclei, olfactory bulb, and striatum. In addition, this analysis revealed that the expression of the R286 mRNA was upregulated in response to the multiple MECS treatment. Briefly, a probe from the 3′ untranslated region of R286 was used to hybridize a Northern blot containing 2 μg polyA⁺RNA from hippocampus from brains of untreated rats as well as rats receiving the multiple MECS treatment. After one day of exposure using the phosphoimager FLA2000 (Fuji), an upregulation of R286 mRNA was detected in the hippocampus (3.72 fold induction) collected four hours after the last MECS treatment. An additional Northern blot analysis using 10 μg total RNA from hippocampus from untreated rats and rats receiving the multiple MECS treatment was performed. In this experiment, the probe was the ORF of R286 and the level of expression was found to be induced 2.4 fold in the MECS treated animals (Table I).

[0233] In addition, rats that developed seizures following intraperitoneal injection of kainate or PTZ were analyzed for the expression of R286 mRNA in addition to the mRNA of other IEG clones (Tables III and V). R286 mRNA expression was observed, by in situ hybridization, to be mildly upregulated in the hippocampal pyramidal cell layer, cortex, thalamus, and cerebellar Purkinje cell layer at 6 hours post-kainate injection. At 6 hours post-PZT injection, R286 mRNA expression was observed to be mildly upregulated in these brain structures, while no upregulation was observed at 20 minutes post-PTZ injection or at 1.5 hours post-kainate injection.

[0234] Other IEG nucleic acid clones included L073 (concatamer with Krox-20), L125 (oxoglutarate carrier protein), L201 (concatamer), R094 (fra2), and R217 (diacylglycerol kinase; accession #D78588).

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[0235] It is to be understood that while the invention has been described in conjunction with the detailed description thereof, the foregoing description is intended to illustrate and not limit the scope of the invention, which is defined by the scope of the appended claims. Other aspects, advantages, and modifications are within the scope of the following claims.

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ctgatggacc tcaggaacca 240 agaaggaggg acttccttaa cattctagag atgggactct aactctagct cttgtgttaa 300 gccctgaagt ccagaaagaa gtagttcttt gacattctag tgccaagatc cagcctctaa 360 gagaactctg atgtctaaag aaagtctttc atagtctagn ccagtcacca gtgaagctaa 420 acacctgaaa actattagat tctctggagc caggaatcca tctcaagtct ctcataaagc 480 ccaaatgtcc caggagaagt tgacaatata aagccgtatc tcgatggact tttgaagaag 540 ctcagaaaag gagaccacct tggtagtctt gatctaggac tctggcttgt ttgtctccag 600 ggacgtttac atgtataaaa agagggacct ttctgatgat tcagaactgg gactccacct 660 ccatcctttg atgaaagctc aaatgtccag aaagaggggc ctctctgata ttctagagta 720 ggaccctccc tccagccttt gatggtgtcc agatgtccag aaagaggggc ctctctgatg 780 ttccagacct agggccctcc ctccagcctt tgatggtgtc cagatgtcca gaaagaggga 840 cttctctgat gttccagacc taagactcta gctccagcct ttgatgaagc tcagatgttc 900 agaaaggggg gcctccatga tgttctagaa ccaggactcc acctctagcc tttgatggtg 960 tccagatgtc cagaaagagg gtcttccatg atttctagga ccaagacttt acctccagcc 1020 ttctatgcct ccatgtctcc agtaaagctt aggtgtccag aaaagagcat tctcaatgaa 1080 tttatagaac caggactctt tctccagcct ttgatgacgt tcagatgttc ataaagaaga 1140 acttccacaa tgtactaaag ctatgactcc atctccatcc tttgatgaaa agggacttcc 1200 ttccactctg ttccagaagc ctagctccac ctctaatctt tgttgatgtc caattatcca 1260 gaaagagggg gcctttagaa caaagactgt acttttattc attgataaag cacagattcc 1320 agaagcacag aaatctagaa agagggtcct ccctaacacg ctcgagctag aaccccggtg 1380 caagggtctg aaacttagac accagaagac cgctttgtcc tacaacaagt ctgcattttc 1440 taaatctcca ggtggctgat cagaagggtc caggaaggta tgggg 1485 3 1854 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(1854) r = G or A y = C or T m = A or C k = G or T s = G or C w = A or T 3 ggcacgagat cactcagtgt cttcactgaa ccaaatcgtc atttttacag agagatgcaa 60 agcttcagcg aagacattta gcttttttaa aatgtataat tcctgtggct acatatgcaa 120 gtagggtccc attatgtttt ttttcattag tggaaactaa tccttttgtg ctgtgtttaa 180 tcagtattag ctttatagaa ttataaatgt atattctact tcttgatcaa agaacgtagt 240 cgggtattgg ttttagaagt tcaaagtgac actgtatagg gctttcacgg ttaatgggat 300 tgttagcaaa tcttaaggac atacagccaa tgattatctg aggttactgg ctaactgttt 360 ttcactgagt tactctgcct ttttgacatt tttattcttt gtttgtcaga atccagagct 420 tcaggagccc aaattttttt atwccgtata tatatatata tataaatatc cataagcctg 480 gtggatttgt atgcaatgca ctgcatctat gtattctgat agcatctcat tgatttttgt 540 ttgaaataga aagaaagata gtatcccaaa tgagttatct ttaacagaaa gctgagttta 600 acttttatta cctatataat aattgatatt gccaattacc attctgaatt tcatatagta 660 taagttagac attgcttaat ccccttttaa atgtatttac atagacatga acactcaaat 720 tgctggattt tttaaatata tctgacataa tttttttcat ctgttacatt caagttagct 780 tgtttagccc agatttcaga atagtaaagg aggaaaggaa ccgcattcca gggaaacctc 840 tgaggccaag tcagagtcca gaactgtaaa cacacaggcc tgcaagccaa cattagtcgt 900 gaaatcccta acacgtcact ggattctctc tgtcagcgca agtgtcagct gccaaagaat 960 agacttacat gaagaagtgc ccacatgctg gcaggggctg gccggctccg gccagcagac 1020 actgctagat tgtaatattt aaggtcgagt ttcgacctgt ggtacacagc tgtgctgtgc 1080 tcagtcagca acctcagaac tctgaaaaaa acataaaaaa gaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaam 1140 atgcasctgk ytcacttgtg aatagtgaat gtaaaggaaa gaaaggaaaa ccaaaagctt 1200 gttccatcac aggtatgagc tgctatgatt catgaagaac attccatgga gtatgtttta 1260 aaaccttgtt atatctgaga ggctttaaaa gccaacttaa ctgtttcagg gcaaccgcgg 1320 tacagacgtg gtctctgtga gacttccacc tgacccaagt tttaagtggt acgaatgttg 1380 tgcatttaat gttaaggaca gtctgcaata ataagtaagt agccagcgtg ggtgcccagc 1440 agtgctgaga cctggctgct ctattgtacg ctttggaaac acaatttatg caacagatgt 1500 ccagatatga ttctatttat ggaaaaagtt tatatgtttt acaaatggtt ttaccatctt 1560 atattaaatg accttttgac aggtgtgcac tgttttgtct ccagtgagca cataccatgc 1620 ggattttata tgtacatcag tagtgtgaat ccactggcac agtgtgtgta aatgccagat 1680 gtggtgagat tttatcttgt atatgtgatc agataaaata actcctgaca gaaactgtaa 1740 ggraacccag ctgaatggtt tgacctggat grcykrkrtk gtwtggttta tgttaaatgt 1800 atattctttt aatcaatgaa taaagcatta aaaaatggga aaaaaaaaac tcgt 1854 4 1030 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(1030) r = G or A y = C or T m = A or C s = G or C w = A or T 4 tctgcggccg cagcatccgg aacaacagga acctccagaa gtttagtctt tttggagata 60 taagtgtcgt tcagcagcaa ggaagtctgt ccagcacata cctcagcaga gtagaccctg 120 acggcaagaa gattaagcaa attcagcagc tgtttgaaga gatactgagc aatagtaggc 180 aactaaaatg gctgtcctgt gggtttatgc tggaaatagt aaccccatca tcactgtcgt 240 ctctgtctaa ctccattgcc aacaccatgg aacacctgag tttactggac aacaacattc 300 ctggtaacag cacgctcatc accgcagtcg aactagagcg ctttgtaaat ctgcgctcac 360 ttgccctgga tttctgtgac tttacagctg agatggcgag agtcctgacc gacagcaacc 420 atgtgccttt gcagcgactg tctcttctgg tccacaatgc ttcagtgatg ctcaagtcat 480 tagacaacat gccaaacgat gagcactgga aggccctgtc acgaaagagc tccagcctcc 540 gggtctatct aatggctttt gatgttaaaa gtgaagacat gctaaagatt ctgaaaccca 600 gtataccact tgagaagggt tcactttgga cagctacgtc acttgtgtct caaggggcta 660 ttggttgatc ttatattcca ggcagtattg accaaggttt cctyaacccm wtttwtattg 720 atgaatgata tgattgatac gtctggtttt ccggatctta gtgacaaccg aaatgaagat 780 ccattggttt tattggcatg gcggtgcaca aagctcactc ttttggcaat tcatggttac 840 accgtgtggg cacacaacct cattgccatt gctcgtcttc gtggctyttg acctaaaagt 900 gctttggaag tcaccsraag aaagcattga ttttgaccaa ggtgaactag cccgaccagg 960 aatgtggrwy cccgtacata acctttcttg gagcaggtat tccctggggc cttggtcaag 1020 tcttggcacg 1030 5 1824 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(1824) r = G or A y = C or T k = G or T s = G or C w = A or T d = A, G, or T; not C n = A,T,C or G 5 tcaaaccnta tctcggtcat tcntttgatt nataagggat ttksccgatk tccggcntat 60 tggttaaaaa wtgagctgat ttaacaaaaa tttaacgcga attttaacaa aatattaacg 120 cttacaattt gccattcgcc attcaggctg cgcaaytgtt gggaagggcn atcggtgcgg 180 gcctcttcgc tattacgcca gctggcgaaa gggggatgtg ctgcaaggcg attaagttgg 240 gtaacgccag ggttttccca gtcacgacgt tgtaaaacga cggccagtga attgtaatac 300 gactcactat agggcgaatt gggtaccggg ccccccctcg aggtcgacgg tatcgataag 360 cttgatatcg aattcggcac gagcgaagcc agggccttgc acttcctagg caagcgctct 420 accactgagc taaatcccca accccttgtt ttatttttaa agcaaacgag atacataatt 480 tcarccatga taatttaaga ttatcttgaa ctcttaagga aatgtatata ctaagctatt 540 atagttttta ttttccctaa ttcagtggca taatacctta ccttgagtcg tttactactt 600 tctttggttt ctaaaaactc tactgctaaa ttacaatgta aaaacatagg gctcgtatat 660 actgtagagt gctgtagatg tcctcgtcat caactatgca ataacagtct gatcgacaca 720 tttcaggakc gatcactctt tggtgtgctt ctttaaatac tttcagaagc ttaggatgtg 780 caaagcagga agactgtggg tgtaaatgtt tacttatttc tttgagagtg ttagtaagtc 840 ttttcdaaat tgcttttctc ttcaaaatta tcgttaactt aaatgataat tatctttgag 900 gttaaacaga agctcattga caaactaaag tgacttttta gggcattctt tgagatcata 960 gtcttatatc ttggggacta aaatgtcatt agaccctaat agactaactt gtatgtttgt 1020 gtggggaaac gttttcctct ctcattcaag gtaactgttt gctgcctgtt gttacttgtg 1080 tagcattcta gaaaatggct aggtttttta taagatttaa gacaatagaa gtagttttat 1140 attattatag ttctgttgga atgtgatcct gaaattatta ctgaaaatta gaatttttat 1200 ttcgctaatg acaaccttga ctctcagaga tgcagtgtaa attgatacct catctttccg 1260 agagttcaga gcacagggcg gcagtatgtg aagctgcttt tgcactgacg cattttgata 1320 agtttggcta ctgtaatggt aaaaggctcc tcaggcactg actgcatttg ggttcttccg 1380 atgggggatg atccgttctc gtggtgctgc tggacttatg cattttggag gtactgcatg 1440 tatcttccac actgcttgac attttctctg atctgtgtgt ttgcaccaac tcattaaaag 1500 aaatatgcag aaatatcttc taattcgttg atcttcgctg tatgacagtt ataatattaa 1560 acacttgggt tgatccactc tgtttacatt tatctttcta agcgtcagaa agggactaac 1620 ttgaaattat atctagaggc tttgtatcat ttcaaaaatt aaatttcctt ggatacttta 1680 ggcaatatct taaacaactt tttaataaat ttaaatattt atatttacgt aagctaaaat 1740 atacatgaat gtgcttttta ataaattaaa tacagtttat acttatttgc caattcacaa 1800 ataaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaa 1824 6 1230 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(1230) r = A or G m = A or C s = G or C w = A or T 6 tttttttttt tttttttttt aargggrcca ccccaccgsg ctaaaggccc aggggccccc 60 cccttggagm cccaggggtt ttggcccmcc ccctcaccca aatggtctgc caatgaccca 120 ggtactcaca acatgttcca ggaggagmct ggggccagga ttttgaccag agggtatggg 180 aagggaaagg ggagaagaaa tcgacattta tttttattat ttattttaaa tgtttacawt 240 ttctttgtgt tgttccaagc cctgaataga aacagatagc attaaaggac tctgttccca 300 ccccttctct gtctctctct cccccacttg tgctaactta ggataacact ctctatttcg 360 ttttgtttct aaagtgattt gtggacttgt gccgtgtgaa ctgcattaaa aaggttctgt 420 tttcaaagat cgattgtcgt tcctgtgggg acagtggctc ctaagaaatc tgcattgtag 480 gagaagacaa tgaaagaccc tggccctgtc tctcaaaact taactctctg tatgatttaa 540 aaaaaaattc catttacttt actttgtggt tacttgattt tgaggaagaa aatattcaac 600 tttgtataaa gactaggtat cagggtttct tttgcagtgg gagttgtata tatatcgtat 660 tttggtatat cgtagaaact caagctttat gcatccgtat ttgggatatg tcaatgacgt 720 gcagtgaaat ttgctattag accctggagg caaacgagtt gtacaaggtt ttatggctcc 780 atggggaatt ctaatttcct ttctggggac cttttgtccc gtttttacag taatggtgaa 840 atggtcctag gagggtctct ctagtcgaat tctccaggca ggaccacgtg ctcaaaaaat 900 ctttgtatag ttttaaattt ttgaggagta tctctgctca gaagcatctg tggtggtgtg 960 tgttgcgttg ttctgtgtac tgtgtgtgac acaagcctac agtatttgca ctaaggaaag 1020 ctgtttagag cttgctgcta tggagggaag aacatattaa aacttatttt ccctcggggw 1080 ttrtwcwmgt tttatgtwct tgttgtcttg ttggctttcc tactttccac tgagtagcat 1140 tttgtagaat aaaatgaatt aagatcagmw rwrwrmaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa 1200 aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa 1230 7 1516 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(1516) n = A,T,C or G 7 tcaggcctna gcaatcctcn ttaantttga nccaagntta actcttgggg cgaattcctg 60 tgnttgcttt ctttccccat anttccaggc ccacaaangg tttctgtgan tccgagaatc 120 ggcccaccat gcagacccac ngagaggatt cagaatgtgt gtgagagtga gtgtgtgagt 180 gcgcgtgcgt gtgctttgta tgtgtgttta tagatgtagg acattaagtt ccttctgaca 240 cagggaagat gtgagaagga tggcctgaca tcagatgaca agaggtctta tagcacatct 300 ctgggctttt ccctacccag agaagagccc cctttgatac aaatcagttg gattttcata 360 tgcttcaaag gcttgatctg tgagtcactc cagtttggga cataggtctg tctgtggctt 420 tgagaaaagg tactttcaaa agagggcttt ccagagcaca gctcacagcc agctgttagg 480 accccaccct tctcctttat tgtggaggtg actcacagca gactgacagt ggtcagactg 540 agctttctgc taaggtggtg aggtagccaa cactggcatg tctcggtagt ggtttgggca 600 aatttccgca ggtctcttcc cccaaccctg cctctgatga ataaagacaa tgagtacagt 660 tccttaattc aggcttttgt gactagctta ctacggaacc gaaaatggtc ccctttgtac 720 aagccgagct gttatggaat cacggtgaac cagacccagg tctgtggcac ctgtttgttt 780 tttttttttt tttttttttt ttagctctca tttctacggc atgctttcca aggaaccaaa 840 ggagggtctc agagatgccc caaacatccc aaagtacaca aagctaagta atcgattgct 900 tacttattgc acagctagac acggatttta agtctatctt aaagctttga agcaagctta 960 gcttctcaaa ggcctagcag agccttggca ccccaggatc ctttctgtag gctaattcct 1020 cttatccagc ggcatatgga gtatccttat tgctaaagag gattctggct cctttaagga 1080 agtttgattt ctgattcaga gtccttgttt ccctgacttg ctctgccagc cctgcaccag 1140 ctttttcgaa gtgcactatg cttgtgttta acttctccca gttttatttg ggcataaaag 1200 ttgttgcctt tatttgtaaa gctgttataa atatatatta tataaatata tgacaaagga 1260 aaatgtttca gatgtctatt tgtataatta cttgatctac acagtgagga aaaaaatgaa 1320 tgtatttctg tttttgaaga gaataatttt tttctctagg gagaggagag gttacagtgt 1380 ttatattttg aaaccttcct gaaggtgtga aattgtaaat atttttatct aagtaaatgt 1440 taagtagttg ttttaaaaag acttaataaa ataagctttt tcctgtgaaa aaaaaaaaaa 1500 aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaa 1516 8 1534 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(1534) n = A,T,C or G 8 gtggcccctg ctcgccgcat catggagcgg atccccagcg cgcaaccacc tcctacctgc 60 ctgcccaaaa cgccagggct ggagcacgga gacctgtcag ggatggattt tgcccacatg 120 taccaagtgt acaagtccag gcggggaata aaacggagcg aggacagcaa ggaaacttac 180 aaattgccgc accggttgat tgagaaaaag agacgtgacc ggattaacga gtgcattgcc 240 cagctgaagg atctcctacc cgaacatctc aaacttacta ctttgggtca cttggagaaa 300 gcagtggttc tcgagctgac gctgaagcac gtgaaagcat tgacaaacct aattgatcag 360 cagcagcaga aaatcatggc cctgcagagc ggtttacaag ctggtgatct gtcgggaaga 420 aatattgagg caggacaaga aatgttctgc tccggtttcc agacctgtgc ccgggaggta 480 cttcagtacc tggccaagca tgaaaacact agggacctga agtcttccca gcttgtcact 540 catctccacc gtgtggtctc tgaactcctg cagggtagtg cttccaggaa accattggac 600 tcagctccca aacccgtgga cttcaaagag aagcccagct tcctagccaa gggatcagaa 660 ggccctggga aaaactgtgt gccagtcatc cagaggactt ttgctccctc gggcggggag 720 cagagtggta gtgacacgga cacagacagt ggctacggag gcgaattgga gaagggtgac 780 ttgcgcagtg agcaacccta cttcaagagc gatcacggac gcaggttcac cgtgggagaa 840 cgcgtcagca caattaagca agaatctgaa gagcccccca ccaaaaagag ccgaatgcag 900 ctctcagatg aggaaggcca cttcgtgggc agtgacctga tgggttcccc atttcttggg 960 cctcacccac atcagcctcc cttttgcctg cccttctatc tcatcccacc atcggccact 1020 gcctatctgc ctatgctgga gaaatgctgg tatccgacct ctgtgccact gttataccca 1080 agcctcaaca cctcagcagc agccctctcc agcttcatga accagacaag atccaactcc 1140 cttgctctgc ccagaaatcc cttctccctt ggcacattcg tcccttgact ctcaagcctg 1200 ctcaagccct gaagcagatc cctccttaaa cttagaaaca aagataaacc ttgagggcaa 1260 tcnctgcgcc ttgctttcct tcccacaatt caagacacaa aaggtctgta ctcaaaacag 1320 agagatcagc ccaccctgca gacccacaga gaagattcag agtgtgtgtg agagtgagtg 1380 agtgtgcgtg cgtgcgtgct tgtatgtatg tttgtatatg taggacaata agttccttct 1440 gacacaaggg agacacgaga aggatagcct gacatcagat gacagactgg aggactgtag 1500 cacatctctg ggcgtttccc tacccagaga agag 1534 9 5470 DNA Eukaryote 9 gcacgaggga gtttatttcc acgtctctta ggaaagcctc gcttggttac acatggcaat 60 gattgcaagc agatacacgt cttaacacca gagtacagta cacacacatt gagctgccct 120 cgtctaacaa gcagttgcag tttgtttaaa tgtgaatatc tatgaaacga gcaaagcaac 180 tttccagagt atagcttatc acagaatagt aacacatggg ccgctactgt atcatacaga 240 gtacaactct atagcttttc atccccgtgt gagcatttcc aaatcactca atgagcacca 300 agcacggaca agtgactaaa aaggctagtc ccaatctccc cgcaaccctc ggcggtaagg 360 gtaaagaatt ttgtttcaag taagttttct cctcgtctct ctcttctgaa gacctgagca 420 aaaccaacat tctaaaccac cccaagatat gatactagaa tttaaaggcc cgatggcttc 480 aacccagaac cttaacctac tagataaaat ctctccgaat ctgactcact gatgctgtta 540 agtccgacag tacaatcaca tagtacctct ttgatactgt caaagttggt tttaaaaatg 600 ccctaagaaa accaaatcat ttttgggaga tgttctaagc aagctttcca acatataaag 660 aacaaaacca tgttactaaa aacatggtgc aggtcctcac aaaacattta ctgctactac 720 caggaaacca agctactctt ggtttgtgct cctggtgata actggtgagc tttggacagc 780 tgctggcaca tgtccactgt gttccgtttt ataatcaagt gtcagttttc cactcgacag 840 agattaaaga caatagctta aaagtgaaaa tgaaatttca agtagaagct acaattgaat 900 gctacttgtt gagactttta actttcacat ccaaatatca aaaacttaac tttgacgaca 960 catgcacaca aacacaccat ttgggaaagg gtcttgttat gcagttcaag ctggccttga 1020 actcatgatc tcctgcctca gtttcttggg cagtagcact ggaccttact gtgggcagaa 1080 agtattgctc caattagaaa gcattactat acacttcact tcgtcatgtg cctagtgtgg 1140 ctctgaaggc ataggaacaa tgaaattaaa ttcttcagca gctgaggatt ctctatactt 1200 caacattctg aacttcaatc atggcttcac atttgaggct gagctagata caaaaatatc 1260 aaaacatccc atagaattgt ttatttccct atgttactgt ttacccaagg aatgtgaaga 1320 ctaaaaagga ctcatttggt tgtttaatta tgattaaatt atgtaaatat acaaacattt 1380 aacaaagcca tcatattcca atcttttacg aattctaact gctagcagtt gagcagcttt 1440 tagatatcac taataaaata tacaatttaa aatagtcgca ttcaatccta ctaactttat 1500 aaataacttc ttaggttaga cttcttcctg cctaagttta taagacagtc taaacccaaa 1560 actcaacaca tattaagctt tttaaaaact ccatatagtt ctaaagtaac ctcaatgtat 1620 tcccaagaac cgccaccatc aatcagctca ctccctcaca ccactgactt taagacgctc 1680 ctgggtggag aactgccagg cagaagctct acctttctag tgtgtgtggt ggtctgctgc 1740 tcctagtcca gatctggacc acatcagcac agcatcagtg tgactcagca ctgaggcctt 1800 gagcgctctt ccccccgatg gcctgtgtat agaggtgtct aattccttgt gtatagatgg 1860 cctgtatata gaggtgtcta attccttggc tctgtatgta taggtaatgt gatactttac 1920 cattaaagca ctattttctc cattcaagaa tttagtgata taggaaaatg agtggacttg 1980 cgagactcag aaaaacaaaa cataacctgt cttgaattca aaacaaacca tgggtgtagg 2040 ggggaactga tgaaagttta tgggtttaac tctaggtaat taactaagac agtcacgaaa 2100 cacattatca aaatcctttc aggcccagag cttgtactgt accccactgt gagaccacat 2160 cacaaccccg gattgagctt tatccacaac acctacacca tagtaacgca aagtgcacaa 2220 tgtactaaaa taaattccta ttagttttat gcaaactatg gtataaaatt atcacctgcc 2280 atacatattt tgccatggca ccaacttcat ataataagcc aacgtataat caaagtcctt 2340 accagcacca atcaatgtcc ttggcaccac tggacactca ccgtcaagct gttcatctaa 2400 gagccagtct gttctgacct gaacagttgt gcattccacc ttaccacacc caagtctgtg 2460 agccggacaa gtgtttaaat gcagttttac atctaacggt gcaggttaag ccgagcactt 2520 gaaactgatc actcattaat acctgtctcc ctccatacat gtacaccaca tgtacacaga 2580 actatgtgct ctgacttcag aatagctctt cctgttggca aaacaccaca gacatgaagg 2640 ggcctagtgt gaagcgagct cacagaatgt tggatggaac ttcgactata atggaaacac 2700 ctgcaaaagc tttgctaacc cagcaaacac tcaacactta ccaaagacaa cagggaagtt 2760 aaagttagct cgccaagaga tgggctgggg aggtgggggt gtaactcaaa gaaagcttta 2820 gctaacaaaa acgaatgatg gacaacttca gaaattccct aaaaacagaa cctgaaagtg 2880 caggtgaggt tttgtccttc agtaacaaat gcagacagat tcccaacagg aataaaacag 2940 tctggggctt tgaaacctgc tagatggaaa cacgaactca aaatgtggaa ccaaggaaaa 3000 ccaaatactt aaatgtgtaa gataatttat aatagtaaaa agttgcaaat tgctgtgact 3060 tgatttgccg aaaacatctg taaatccaca ctggcagtta gaagaccagt tcccacatta 3120 actcctctct cagcaggtaa ccgtttgtgc gcagaagtat ctgaaacatc gcactactgc 3180 ttattttatg gtgtattgtg cagaatctgt acatgctatt acagacaata catatttgta 3240 aacctggtca tgcaaaatca gtgtgtacaa ggggatattg ttaagcctta taaagtggta 3300 ctttattatc tttgtgacga tgccaatctc tccgaaatat agcatatctt aaatggatat 3360 tctttatctg ccagttaaaa tcattttatg tcactgaaag aagaggttat acaaggaaag 3420 aaacatggtc cttgtgttgc agaattgatt ttaaatgaga gaatttacaa aaccaagaaa 3480 tccatggtca taaagtttta acattttaat cctacacatt acagggcaaa cagatactgg 3540 accctatttc cacattccat aaatccaaac tttagttccc atttcaaacg ttgccctaac 3600 cactaaaacc atcagtggtc ttacaacctc tggattatgg aaatacagat ttctgaagta 3660 aaagctacaa aaacaacaat ggaagaaagc tgaacaaact tcccatgaat gaaaataaaa 3720 gtggaacatc ctgaagctct agacacttct ctcccgtgtc tatggtcaac ttgtcggttc 3780 agtgcactgt gcggtcaaat gtaatggtcc tcatgtggaa cacacgtcta actagtgtcc 3840 attgattcca agttagtgga cgaagaatct ttctggatac tttcaaagat ggctgccagc 3900 tccgggttgg agctgatctg tgactggaac tcactcatga gagggctctt ctctgcctct 3960 ggaatggtga gcagtgcagc tactgccctc atggccgagc gctttaactc gtcctgcttt 4020 tcaaactcct gctttacaga gttcgccttc accttagttg tacacgtagc tcgtagtggc 4080 tcaacaagcc ggtccaacct ctgtagtact gcacttggac aaagggtaga tagtctcacc 4140 aacattaaaa atgttagcat cttaatatca taatggtcct tcaaaccatc ttccacatga 4200 tttagaaatt caaagatatc cagtctgtca agacagctgt ctagaagtgt gtacatacac 4260 tcaaaagctg cctttctaat gtccaggccg tcatcaaccg tgtgcttaaa cgggcccatc 4320 tctacctctc ttataagttc cttcctaact tttgtctcat tgtaaagatg tggaagaaca 4380 gaatccagaa ggtcccgtat cagtgacggc ttgttatggg ctgcagaatt gaatgtgacc 4440 aaggccactc ttcttacatt caaatctggg tcttccaacg tttttagaaa atcacctatg 4500 cagttcttga gcagtggatc ttcttgacat cttgaataaa ctgacctact acagccggtc 4560 cctctttagg gcatgctcga gtaagggcag ctacacattt ggcaatggaa tagtaagact 4620 gcttatgagt aagagctgtg ctctgagagt aaactggacc cgttagcatg cgcagcaaat 4680 ccatgtatcc tagattgttt gttccagtga caaccaaagc ttggaagaag tctagcatgg 4740 cactaagagc tcctccctgc agcagaggtg accttacaag tccaatcagt tcattgagaa 4800 tagatccgct tatctttgaa agggaggagg gatatacttt tgccagggta gtaaggaagc 4860 tgatagccat ctgggacacg tgcatatcac tttcgctgat aagaggaggg agctcatcca 4920 gaactgcatc aatcatggcg gccgtcaaac tgtcactata gtttttaatg agaatatcta 4980 gggcagagag ggtccccagt ttcaaagctc tctgattttt cctgagaaat gaagcaagga 5040 tagggactcc ctctcccagc acaggcctca gatctatctt caaaggtgac ccagcaatca 5100 gggtcagtgc tttcactgtc gttagccggg tgatttcatt cttgagtctc tccaagaaaa 5160 tctgaagtgt atttgataag tcagggccca aattgtctcc aagattgcaa ataatctgtc 5220 ccatacagga aatagccctc tccttgactt cctgatcaat gtcagctgct tttaagcgct 5280 taattgtaca agtgaagaga tctttgatgt aaggcgttgc atcgaaggag gagggttggt 5340 ccagaggacg gattactttg acaagctgct gagtgacaag aagggcttct gatgtgatct 5400 tgtaaaatgg gtcaccaaca caagccacca ctggagggac caaagcctga acatgcgggt 5460 ggaaaacttg 5470 10 2515 DNA Eukaryote CDS (414)...(1055) 10 tcgccgcccg aagtcgcgca gcttccctgg cgaacgcgga agcccgaaga gcgccgtcct 60 cgggccctgt cggcgctcag gccccttcgc gcgcctcctc gctcggccgg gacgttgctg 120 tggaggcgtg aggcgccggc ggtcgagcac ctggagcgac ggtagcccgc ggcctgcggt 180 tcttctcctc ccccgccgcc ctcccacccg agctgcggcg gggctcggcc gcctcggtgc 240 ttctgcacga acaaaggagg cccccgcggc gccggcgcag ctccatctgc ggtccgatcc 300 acccgggccc gcggcggccg ctagccagcc cttcccggag gcctcagccc ggcccaccgc 360 ccggcgtcgc gcgccagctc gctagtgcat ccgggccccg caggcacaaa aat atg 416 Met 1 gct cag gag act aac cag acc cca ggg ccc atg ctg tgt agt act gga 464 Ala Gln Glu Thr Asn Gln Thr Pro Gly Pro Met Leu Cys Ser Thr Gly 5 10 15 tgt ggc ttt tat ggg aat cct agg aca aat gga atg tgt tct gtt tgc 512 Cys Gly Phe Tyr Gly Asn Pro Arg Thr Asn Gly Met Cys Ser Val Cys 20 25 30 tac aaa gaa cat ctt cag aga cag cag aat agt ggc aga atg agc cca 560 Tyr Lys Glu His Leu Gln Arg Gln Gln Asn Ser Gly Arg Met Ser Pro 35 40 45 atg ggg aca gct agt ggt tcc aac agt cct acc tca gac tct gcg tct 608 Met Gly Thr Ala Ser Gly Ser Asn Ser Pro Thr Ser Asp Ser Ala Ser 50 55 60 65 gta caa aga gca gat gct act tta aac aac tgt gaa ggt gct gct ggc 656 Val Gln Arg Ala Asp Ala Thr Leu Asn Asn Cys Glu Gly Ala Ala Gly 70 75 80 agc aca tct gaa aaa tca aga aat gtg cct gtg gct gcc ttg cct gta 704 Ser Thr Ser Glu Lys Ser Arg Asn Val Pro Val Ala Ala Leu Pro Val 85 90 95 act caa caa atg aca gaa atg agc att tca aga gag gac aaa ata acc 752 Thr Gln Gln Met Thr Glu Met Ser Ile Ser Arg Glu Asp Lys Ile Thr 100 105 110 tcc ccg aaa aca gag gtg tca gag cca gtt gtc act cag ccc agt cca 800 Ser Pro Lys Thr Glu Val Ser Glu Pro Val Val Thr Gln Pro Ser Pro 115 120 125 tca gtt tct cag ccc agt tct tct caa agt gaa gaa aaa gct cct gag 848 Ser Val Ser Gln Pro Ser Ser Ser Gln Ser Glu Glu Lys Ala Pro Glu 130 135 140 145 ttg ccc aaa cca aag aag aac aga tgt ttt atg tgt aga aag aaa gtt 896 Leu Pro Lys Pro Lys Lys Asn Arg Cys Phe Met Cys Arg Lys Lys Val 150 155 160 ggc ctt aca ggg ttt gac tgc cga tgt gga aat ttg ttt tgt gga ctt 944 Gly Leu Thr Gly Phe Asp Cys Arg Cys Gly Asn Leu Phe Cys Gly Leu 165 170 175 cac cgt tac tct gac aag cac aac tgt cct tat gat tac aaa gca gaa 992 His Arg Tyr Ser Asp Lys His Asn Cys Pro Tyr Asp Tyr Lys Ala Glu 180 185 190 gct gca gca aaa atc aga aaa gaa aat cca gtt gtt gtg gct gaa aaa 1040 Ala Ala Ala Lys Ile Arg Lys Glu Asn Pro Val Val Val Ala Glu Lys 195 200 205 atc cag aga ata taa aattactaca tgtgaagaga ctgaaacttt gtttttattt 1095 Ile Gln Arg Ile * 210 taatatatcg taggaaaaca ttaaagagca gatgcatggc cattttcctt tgatgttctc 1155 cagagttttg ctttatactt gtctgtcata taattgatat tttaggatgt ttgggtgttt 1215 gttacaggca gaattggata gatacagccc aacaaatgta tatgccctcc cctcagtaaa 1275 attggacaaa aatatgcaca gcaaattgaa atacacatat actaggaaca aaatttagtt 1335 ccatgtgcca aactgaatga aatctctgca tgtttgcagc atatctgcct tttgggaatg 1395 taatcaaggt ataatctttg gctagtgtta tgtgcctgta ctttaaaaaa atggtacacc 1455 agaaaaggac tggcagtcta ctaccatagt caaacttcac cttaatttcg acatgctttt 1515 ggaagcagga agaaagctac aaaaccagta tttggtgcca tgtgtgagcc tggttaaatt 1575 ggtcttctaa aagctgtcaa ttaggacatt ctgcgaaagg taacatcaca actggttctg 1635 agtaaaacca tcaagtcaac agcagggtgc ctgagataat ctttgaagct tattgtgctg 1695 gcctgcacca gaagatatct gcattctcat tactaaaatt gtagcacaga actgcactag 1755 gatttgttta caagaagaaa ttaaaactct acgtttggtt ttcacatata gcagctctgt 1815 taaataacat gcatctgaat tttaagttgc aaaggtatct gagcagttag tttttcatgt 1875 gcatcttttg ttgaatgttt tggttcaaga aagaatgttt aaagcttttt aaagacttca 1935 gttcttaatg taactgtacc cttctgcatg gaaaatcata accaacatgg ctgcagtaga 1995 cttctttagt ggtatccagc accacttgca gagggctgct ttatcatatt gtatttgggt 2055 gtaggactct agtgttcttg ggtgtattgc atgggctgca ttatctacag cattgtacaa 2115 taacaactag aaaaggcagt atacttcact gatgcttgtc tggtaatatc acttctgtgt 2175 tataatggaa ggttttttgt gatgtatgaa acttgtgttt tttatatata aatgagtata 2235 gttagattag tgttgtggta atgcctgttt tcatctgtaa atagttaagt atgtacacaa 2295 ggcactactt ctgatttatt gcagtgttca gtcctagttt ttctttatta aaacattcag 2355 ttttgcttca attttatgta ctttagttct aagttagatt tgcagatgtg tacagatagt 2415 tcatatttat gtattgcaca taatcatgct attcagcatt gatgctatat tgtattatgt 2475 aaataataaa agcagtgtac agagggaaaa aaaaactcgt 2515 11 213 PRT Eukaryote 11 Met Ala Gln Glu Thr Asn Gln Thr Pro Gly Pro Met Leu Cys Ser Thr 1 5 10 15 Gly Cys Gly Phe Tyr Gly Asn Pro Arg Thr Asn Gly Met Cys Ser Val 20 25 30 Cys Tyr Lys Glu His Leu Gln Arg Gln Gln Asn Ser Gly Arg Met Ser 35 40 45 Pro Met Gly Thr Ala Ser Gly Ser Asn Ser Pro Thr Ser Asp Ser Ala 50 55 60 Ser Val Gln Arg Ala Asp Ala Thr Leu Asn Asn Cys Glu Gly Ala Ala 65 70 75 80 Gly Ser Thr Ser Glu Lys Ser Arg Asn Val Pro Val Ala Ala Leu Pro 85 90 95 Val Thr Gln Gln Met Thr Glu Met Ser Ile Ser Arg Glu Asp Lys Ile 100 105 110 Thr Ser Pro Lys Thr Glu Val Ser Glu Pro Val Val Thr Gln Pro Ser 115 120 125 Pro Ser Val Ser Gln Pro Ser Ser Ser Gln Ser Glu Glu Lys Ala Pro 130 135 140 Glu Leu Pro Lys Pro Lys Lys Asn Arg Cys Phe Met Cys Arg Lys Lys 145 150 155 160 Val Gly Leu Thr Gly Phe Asp Cys Arg Cys Gly Asn Leu Phe Cys Gly 165 170 175 Leu His Arg Tyr Ser Asp Lys His Asn Cys Pro Tyr Asp Tyr Lys Ala 180 185 190 Glu Ala Ala Ala Lys Ile Arg Lys Glu Asn Pro Val Val Val Ala Glu 195 200 205 Lys Ile Gln Arg Ile 210 12 660 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(660) n = A, T, G, or C 12 attccaaaaa tgcatagatt acaaagaaac accagacaag ctcaaactca aggatattct 60 acaaataaac cagtaccttc aaaatgccat gctaccaggt acagacaggc gaganactgt 120 tccacactga ggaaactaac aaagtatcca tgaagtccat aattgtgggt caaatccagg 180 acctgcaaag gggatttggg gataattttc aaaatttgac taaggtctgc agagtagaga 240 gacgaggtca atgccaatgt cctgattttg acagtaagta tttaaatatg caggagaaca 300 acctaaccaa gaggctgcca acacacttcc tggctgtggc acaactagat ttaaaaccag 360 caatttgttg gttcttgttc tcaaatatca gttacctgca agcactccat cgtgaaagga 420 ttgagagcat gaggtgatgt gttgatggtg aaaatgagaa ctgactgagc acaggaaaga 480 gtggcatgat gggcagggaa aggggagaca aaggtcacaa gagcatgcaa cactcagtga 540 actacaggac actccaaaag gcactctgct gtctagcttg gatctggagg aggatcagnt 600 attaataagg gccctggaag ggncaaagct agcctcccag ctgctggctt cccatctgct 660 13 1475 DNA Eukaryote 13 gccaccacca ttgttaatgg agggaggctc tcccttgtta tttctcagaa gactgaatgt 60 ctgtaccaaa aggctcatgg ctttctctgg gcctttccat ttaaggttat agttttttat 120 gtagtgttac taaaatctag gcttgttact aaagtgggct ttgtagttat tggtatcggt 180 ggatttttat gttacttgga gtccagaaca gggagagctc accacaaacc tctcctttcc 240 ctggaccaaa caccctctct gtcctgtgaa ctcacctttt cttctctgtg ggtcactccc 300 attaccacac tggtgagcga gccaaatgga tgagagacac aaagaccgta gttcttgaga 360 gacattattt ttttcaactt tgttttttaa gagattttat gtgttgattt gttttggttt 420 ggtttaaagg gattcatagc taacttggat ttttgttacc tcagctctgg gagaggattt 480 ttgctgaatg actattaatt acctgagcat tgttgctctg aggtcatggc atgctagcct 540 atgtctgtta cagtctcagg ctgcccttgt ttcctcgttc ctgtgctatt gtgctacacg 600 ctcaaggggc cttgactctg cttacacaca ttaggggcag tgtgagtaaa tgtgcagtgt 660 ccacacttga ggacatgaat gtctgcactg tcactttgct ctgggtgtga agtccctggt 720 ccccttgctc ctgtagcttt cttttgatcg actactggaa ctcaaccctg tgtacaagag 780 cagcactgcc tctggtgggt ggtgtttgca gccaggatta gatgccagtc ctcgggttcc 840 ctggccttgt tggaaaggtg tgcttccttg aggtctgaga atggaaggct ctgcctcact 900 ctagctagga ggcgcaatgg gaaagtatga gttcagggcg tcagggcagt ggctcctgaa 960 gagccagctg tggacagagg gagtgaggct ttatttaaag tgacaggaag aaacatggcg 1020 ttttggtata ttgggagcaa tgccaagatt ccctcctgcc ctacataggt cacagacacc 1080 ttcccaacca tcccctcctc cacttccata aatgaagaca gccctgatga ccctcacccc 1140 ttttgcatag gtcactggat cccactgtcc ttcctcggtg cttacacact ttacagaccc 1200 tttaggcgag cccttgcata gagcgttatc tcagtgctcc attccagtcc tgactccctg 1260 tggccattga gactttggat ttaagaactc acattgctag ggagaggggc tttgctggga 1320 aaggtgactc ctctgtaacc tagcctcttg tgctcctcca tgacagaaat gctgggtgga 1380 gttttacatt tgccaatggc cagcttgtga atatcttcat atacactttc tattcatgtt 1440 actgtagttt ctgttttgaa ataaaacttc tgaat 1475 14 953 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(953) r = A or G y = C or T 14 catataaatg tactttattg ttttaaacag aacgaaagaa gaggcagaaa acatttgcat 60 gtaagtccta gcttataaat gtagttttta gtggtggcat ctctaacacg tcgttcaggg 120 actgtttcct tttgcctcct tgtactgtga gcactgacac ttgagaaaag cacatctggc 180 ggacatatgt ctccagaact ggaagaactt ggagagcaaa catttttctt aattcctcta 240 agtaatcttt agtaaaacaa aagatgatct ttggcataga ttcatacttt aaaggcattg 300 atatgcattt atatcaggta agcaactata cagatctgct gagagctttc aaaagaatct 360 gttatcagct gaaaggaaat aggggaagcc tgagtattca gggtcaactt aagatttgca 420 agttcagtgt tggggtcaac atactagatg tgggaagaac atccaggcaa ggtcttagtc 480 ctgtattcac ctggttcttg atttctggaa gaagcatcca tgcgctagga aatgcttata 540 cagccgaggt aaatgcaaaa atgagtaaag tcactttttc actaactttg cccaataggr 600 aacatgcctt tctgataagt agataccata ctctttattc ttgaatactt tatattgaga 660 gaaggttgta gttggttaaa agcaactggg aactataact tcctactgat ttttccctag 720 cagcaccaga attatattct gcaaatgcta ttctccctta cataggaaat atccttcaga 780 caaaattgcc tttccattca gtctcttaag agyttaattt tgaatggact tttcaaagtt 840 acaagcaaag tcaagtgtgg tggtaggagc taagaggctg acacaagtag atgacttgaa 900 tccagaagtt caagactagc ctggacaaca tagagagacc cagtctcaaa att 953 15 911 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(911) n = A, T, C, or G 15 ggcggggatc tctcggctgg taagaagggg cagtggtacc angcgggcac ttattcagtg 60 tgccaaggat atcgccaagg cctctgatga ggtgacgagg ttggccaagg aggttgccaa 120 gcagtgcaca gataangcgg nttagaacca atctcttaca ggtctgtgag cgaatcccaa 180 ctataagcac ccagctcaaa atcctgtcca cagtgaaggc caccatgctg ggccggacca 240 acatcagtga cgaggagtct gagcaggcca cagagatgct ggttcataat gcccagaacc 300 tcatgcagtc tgtgnaagag actgtgcgag aggccgaagc tgcttcaatc aagattcgan 360 cagacgccgg atttactctg cgctgggtca gaaagactcc ctggtaccag taggcacctg 420 gtcagacctg gctggtacac agacctctgc taatgangan gtgaccatct tgagcttcag 480 aagccattca gagttgccaa ggggtggnaa atcaatccct ggtttcacac accaagaaag 540 ggaatggggc ctccttcaca ttagaataaa catttatact cttgtcatgg gacactttga 600 aagtgtctct cctacaaaac ccctggtacc tttcaggntt actccnggtn gcaanntcct 660 cccccaaggg gaatttttta ccaataaaag gctcaaggaa ttaanggcgn ttgaaaacca 720 acntnatcca angggaaang cccccntggc cttctggccc ccttgggggn acaatttttc 780 ntcccnctgg gtgttttaaa tggggtttca accttggggc tggncctttt tccncccccc 840 cttttaaggg gcttcctccg aaggaacctn agaaaacttn aagggccaaa gntccanttt 900 acnaataact g 911 16 621 DNA Eukaryote 16 tttttttttt ttttttttcc tcccttaaaa gataaactaa taaactcttc aatggtcttt 60 tcagtatagt tcttatgtag tttaacatag cttataaatt gagtttaaca ataaactcaa 120 gaagataatt ttataaaccc tgttttccaa tctgtcattt acttaaatta ttttggttgt 180 tttccctttt tttccttctt tctcaccccc tccctctcca tgaagattca ggtgcttaac 240 atatcatttt tttccctgct ggaattttag cattgatatg aaccatggac aagtatattc 300 tgctgccaca aagactgtaa agtgcttcat ttcaacagct gaggcaagcc aagtgatcat 360 taataaagct tttcttgctt ccttcagtgg tgttggtagt aaaatggtag gtaaaagtta 420 ggctgcaagt tcaataaatg agatttacct atcattccac ccttgtgtat tcattcacct 480 atcctggttc aagcagtttg agtcaactag gcatttaaag gcattgtgtt tattacttta 540 tggttccaac tttacatact tgtcagggat gaagtctgat aggttaagga cagtagaaat 600 ttctgtgcaa caagcagcaa c 621 17 567 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(567) n = A, T, C, or G 17 tttttttttt tttttggtta caaaagtatt tattttataa aacttgtatt taaaatagag 60 cttatctgtc tactcacaaa tcctaattta aaacataaca cattatcctt agctaatctg 120 atgttaacct ttacaatcaa cactcatttt tgtaatttta ttaagaacct gtactaaatg 180 aagtttttaa tcagaaaaca ttccctttta tcttaaaagt gcttcttaaa tgaaggcacc 240 aacaagaact actttcagat ggtacagaat ttcttatttc ttgaagactc tgtggttgac 300 cacttcttca ttagttacct gcagcaagac accttcctgc caaaggaaaa aaaaaagtat 360 ctgaagaagt ttatcatgtt tgtccaaaga acctaagtaa cttcagtggt ggttttagga 420 ttaaagcaga ctcactgatg tgtatacgcc ctgaatatca catttctgga aaggcagtaa 480 agcctagaaa tcagaaggcg ggcggtttta aagaaatttc aatagccaac ctacaacant 540 ttagggcaaa gataatgggc aaaaant 567 18 346 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(346) r = A or G y = T or C m = A or C k = G or T s = G or C w = A or T b = G, C, or T; not A d = A, G, or T; not C h = A, C, or T; not G v = A, G, or C; not T n = A, T, G, or C 18 acgatatmta ywgarrtwya wctstthact gaatmwhatg cacaaatatt aactagtrrt 60 ttattaaaca gatatsattt agaacaagac ttaawkaaat acaaatcctt aggtacgrtt 120 taatatcatg ttcadgatgt ttgaagagtt taaaaagaat cactgattaa gkkaagcatc 180 cbcacttttc tttgagaabc caaacctttt aggnaaadac cccattccaa attttgtccc 240 chatttcagr cckkcagaaa gtctctaaca tsaagagtcc tcaacggggn gtaactcava 300 wctcctatca agtgcagtaa cctagctctc ccggdggcca tggcgt 346 19 803 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(803) n = A, C, T, or G 19 aaactaaaca gtgttttgtt aattcttctg cattcggact attgcaggca ttagagcatc 60 cagagctacg aagggctggc tgcagcagca ccgccctttg taagccagca gaccagcctt 120 aactgtgggc ttgactcctg tgagctggcc tcagtgtgac tcagaaatgt ttgattagca 180 gatgagagag cgaggacaca ccacgagggc tgcgttctct tcctccagcg ctgtgcagga 240 cagtttcttc tcaccctagc ctttttaaat gcaccagaag tacagacagt tgcactacac 300 aaaccctttg aacacttgta gaaatcagtc caccgtagat tagacagaat caccttccaa 360 tcctttgact tcttttcctt tcatttgaac aattgtataa taattgatta ttgtcaaatt 420 tttgtctgtg gtagtatcgc tttaatttat cttagtacat caacgttttg atttaaaaaa 480 gaattaaaac aacaaaaaaa gtcacttaga agccatgaac tttttttttt ngatngggaa 540 attttcttgt ttngaaaatt atcattgggg ttcctccgga aancttgtaa gattggntta 600 taaggtacct gggangttca naacnggtgg ntataccctt ttttaaggga aattaatgat 660 ttngagtttt tgggccaact ncgggantgg cagggaaacc anncnggggn ggggtttaaa 720 ttntgtgagg gttttttggg cctnaatttt ttgcataatt ttcacctngn aacctttnaa 780 nnctnggaaa aaaaaaaaaa cnt 803 20 2540 DNA Eukaryote CDS (3)...(2348) misc_feature (1)...(2540) n = A,T,C or G 20 tg cag ccg ccc ttg gaa ctg cat gtc agg aag cat ccc ttt gtg tat 47 Gln Pro Pro Leu Glu Leu His Val Arg Lys His Pro Phe Val Tyr 1 5 10 15 gtc tgt gct ata tgt ctc aag aaa ttt gtc agc tca atc agg ctg cgc 95 Val Cys Ala Ile Cys Leu Lys Lys Phe Val Ser Ser Ile Arg Leu Arg 20 25 30 tcc cat atc cga gag gtg cat ggg gcg gcc cag gag acc ttg gtt ttt 143 Ser His Ile Arg Glu Val His Gly Ala Ala Gln Glu Thr Leu Val Phe 35 40 45 act agc tcc atc aac cag agt ttc tgc ctc ctg gag cct ggt ggg gat 191 Thr Ser Ser Ile Asn Gln Ser Phe Cys Leu Leu Glu Pro Gly Gly Asp 50 55 60 atc cag cag gaa gcc ttg gga aac cag cta tca ctg aca gct gag gaa 239 Ile Gln Gln Glu Ala Leu Gly Asn Gln Leu Ser Leu Thr Ala Glu Glu 65 70 75 ttt gtg tgt cca gaa att gat gta cgt aag ggg gag gtt tgt cct ggg 287 Phe Val Cys Pro Glu Ile Asp Val Arg Lys Gly Glu Val Cys Pro Gly 80 85 90 95 gaa gct cag cct gag gtg ggg ctg agg gag ttg gag gcc cct gga gaa 335 Glu Ala Gln Pro Glu Val Gly Leu Arg Glu Leu Glu Ala Pro Gly Glu 100 105 110 gca tgt gcc cca gcc gtg ccc ttg gcc aac ccc cag agt gtc agt gtt 383 Ala Cys Ala Pro Ala Val Pro Leu Ala Asn Pro Gln Ser Val Ser Val 115 120 125 tcc ctg tcc ccc tgc aaa ctg gaa acc act gtg gtc aat tcc gac ctc 431 Ser Leu Ser Pro Cys Lys Leu Glu Thr Thr Val Val Asn Ser Asp Leu 130 135 140 aac tct ctt gga gtg gtt tca gat gat ttt tta ctg aaa act gat acc 479 Asn Ser Leu Gly Val Val Ser Asp Asp Phe Leu Leu Lys Thr Asp Thr 145 150 155 tct tct gct gag cct cat gct gct gct gag cta acc tca gac aca cag 527 Ser Ser Ala Glu Pro His Ala Ala Ala Glu Leu Thr Ser Asp Thr Gln 160 165 170 175 cat cga ggc tca gcc cag act cag ggt gaa gaa gtc aca ctg ctg ctg 575 His Arg Gly Ser Ala Gln Thr Gln Gly Glu Glu Val Thr Leu Leu Leu 180 185 190 gcc aag gcc aaa agt act gga cca gac tca gag agt cct cca agt gga 623 Ala Lys Ala Lys Ser Thr Gly Pro Asp Ser Glu Ser Pro Pro Ser Gly 195 200 205 ggg cag aat gtg ggt gct ctg cca gcc agt gaa tct gac tct aac agg 671 Gly Gln Asn Val Gly Ala Leu Pro Ala Ser Glu Ser Asp Ser Asn Arg 210 215 220 tgt ctc agg gca aac cca gca gag acc tca gac ctc ctt cct aca gtg 719 Cys Leu Arg Ala Asn Pro Ala Glu Thr Ser Asp Leu Leu Pro Thr Val 225 230 235 gct gat gga gga gac ctc ggt gtg tgc cag cct gac tct tgc acg tcg 767 Ala Asp Gly Gly Asp Leu Gly Val Cys Gln Pro Asp Ser Cys Thr Ser 240 245 250 255 tcc tct gag cac cac cct ggc agc aca gca ttc atg aag gtc cta gac 815 Ser Ser Glu His His Pro Gly Ser Thr Ala Phe Met Lys Val Leu Asp 260 265 270 agt ctc cag aag aag cag atg aac acc agt ctt tgc gag cgg atc cgg 863 Ser Leu Gln Lys Lys Gln Met Asn Thr Ser Leu Cys Glu Arg Ile Arg 275 280 285 aag gtt tat gga gac ctg gag tgt gaa tac tgt ggc aaa ctt ttt tgg 911 Lys Val Tyr Gly Asp Leu Glu Cys Glu Tyr Cys Gly Lys Leu Phe Trp 290 295 300 tac caa gtg cat ttt gac atg cat gtc cgc acc cac acc cgg gaa cat 959 Tyr Gln Val His Phe Asp Met His Val Arg Thr His Thr Arg Glu His 305 310 315 ctg tat tat tgc tcc cag tgt cac tac tct tcc atc acc aaa aac tgc 1007 Leu Tyr Tyr Cys Ser Gln Cys His Tyr Ser Ser Ile Thr Lys Asn Cys 320 325 330 335 ctt aaa cgc cat gta att cag aaa cac agt aac atc ttg ctg aag tgt 1055 Leu Lys Arg His Val Ile Gln Lys His Ser Asn Ile Leu Leu Lys Cys 340 345 350 ccc act gac ggc tgt gac tac tcg act cca gat aaa tat aag cta cag 1103 Pro Thr Asp Gly Cys Asp Tyr Ser Thr Pro Asp Lys Tyr Lys Leu Gln 355 360 365 gcc cac ctt aaa gtt cac aca gag ctg gac aaa agg agt tat tct tgt 1151 Ala His Leu Lys Val His Thr Glu Leu Asp Lys Arg Ser Tyr Ser Cys 370 375 380 cct gta tgt gaa aaa tct ttt tca gaa gac cga ttg ata aag tca cat 1199 Pro Val Cys Glu Lys Ser Phe Ser Glu Asp Arg Leu Ile Lys Ser His 385 390 395 atc aag act aat cat cca gag gtc tcc atg aat acc att tct gag gtt 1247 Ile Lys Thr Asn His Pro Glu Val Ser Met Asn Thr Ile Ser Glu Val 400 405 410 415 ctt ggg aga aga gtc cag ctc aaa ggg cta att gga aag cga gcc atg 1295 Leu Gly Arg Arg Val Gln Leu Lys Gly Leu Ile Gly Lys Arg Ala Met 420 425 430 aag tgt ccg tat tgc gat ttc tat ttc atg aag aat ggc tca gac ctt 1343 Lys Cys Pro Tyr Cys Asp Phe Tyr Phe Met Lys Asn Gly Ser Asp Leu 435 440 445 cag cgg cac atc tcn gct cac gag ggt gtg aag ccc ttc aaa tgt tct 1391 Gln Arg His Ile Ser Ala His Glu Gly Val Lys Pro Phe Lys Cys Ser 450 455 460 ttg tgt gag tat gca act cgt agc aag agc aac ctc aaa gct cat atg 1439 Leu Cys Glu Tyr Ala Thr Arg Ser Lys Ser Asn Leu Lys Ala His Met 465 470 475 aat cgt cac agc act gag aag act cac ctc tgt gac atg tgt ggc aag 1487 Asn Arg His Ser Thr Glu Lys Thr His Leu Cys Asp Met Cys Gly Lys 480 485 490 495 aaa ttc aaa tcc aaa ggg aca tta aag agt cat aag ctc ctt cac aca 1535 Lys Phe Lys Ser Lys Gly Thr Leu Lys Ser His Lys Leu Leu His Thr 500 505 510 tct gat ggg aag caa ttc aag tgc acg gtg tgt gac tac aca gct gcc 1583 Ser Asp Gly Lys Gln Phe Lys Cys Thr Val Cys Asp Tyr Thr Ala Ala 515 520 525 cag aaa cca cag ctg ctg cga cac atg gag cag gat gcc tcc ttc aag 1631 Gln Lys Pro Gln Leu Leu Arg His Met Glu Gln Asp Ala Ser Phe Lys 530 535 540 cct ttc cgc tgc gct cac tgt cat tat tca tgt aac atc tct gga tct 1679 Pro Phe Arg Cys Ala His Cys His Tyr Ser Cys Asn Ile Ser Gly Ser 545 550 555 ctg aaa cgg cac tac aac agg aag cac ccc aac gag gag tat gcc aac 1727 Leu Lys Arg His Tyr Asn Arg Lys His Pro Asn Glu Glu Tyr Ala Asn 560 565 570 575 gtg ggc agc ggg gag ctt gca gct gaa gcc ctc atc caa caa ggt ggt 1775 Val Gly Ser Gly Glu Leu Ala Ala Glu Ala Leu Ile Gln Gln Gly Gly 580 585 590 ctg aag tgt cct gtt tgc agc ttt gtg tat gga acc aaa tgg gag ttc 1823 Leu Lys Cys Pro Val Cys Ser Phe Val Tyr Gly Thr Lys Trp Glu Phe 595 600 605 aac aga cac ttg aag aac aag cat ggc ttg aag cca gcg aca gag act 1871 Asn Arg His Leu Lys Asn Lys His Gly Leu Lys Pro Ala Thr Glu Thr 610 615 620 ccc gag gag ccc tcc acc cag tat ctc tac atc acc gag gct gaa gat 1919 Pro Glu Glu Pro Ser Thr Gln Tyr Leu Tyr Ile Thr Glu Ala Glu Asp 625 630 635 gtt cag ggg aca caa gca gct gta gct gca ctt cag gac ctg cga tat 1967 Val Gln Gly Thr Gln Ala Ala Val Ala Ala Leu Gln Asp Leu Arg Tyr 640 645 650 655 acc tcc gag agt ggt gat cga ctt gac ccc aca gct gtg aat atc ctg 2015 Thr Ser Glu Ser Gly Asp Arg Leu Asp Pro Thr Ala Val Asn Ile Leu 660 665 670 cag cag atc att gaa ctg ggt tca gag act cac gat gct gct gcc gtg 2063 Gln Gln Ile Ile Glu Leu Gly Ser Glu Thr His Asp Ala Ala Ala Val 675 680 685 gcc tcc gtg gtt gcc atg gcg cct ggg aca gtg act gtt gta aag cag 2111 Ala Ser Val Val Ala Met Ala Pro Gly Thr Val Thr Val Val Lys Gln 690 695 700 gtc acc gat gag gaa ccc aat tcc aac cat aca gtc atg atc cag gag 2159 Val Thr Asp Glu Glu Pro Asn Ser Asn His Thr Val Met Ile Gln Glu 705 710 715 act ctg cag cag gcc tct gtg gag ttg gcc gag cag cac cat ctg gtg 2207 Thr Leu Gln Gln Ala Ser Val Glu Leu Ala Glu Gln His His Leu Val 720 725 730 735 gtg tcc tct gat gac gtg gag ggc att gag aca gtg aca gtg tac aca 2255 Val Ser Ser Asp Asp Val Glu Gly Ile Glu Thr Val Thr Val Tyr Thr 740 745 750 cag ggt ggg gag gcc tca gag ttc atc gtg tac gtg caa gag gct gtc 2303 Gln Gly Gly Glu Ala Ser Glu Phe Ile Val Tyr Val Gln Glu Ala Val 755 760 765 cag ccc atg gag gag cag gtc ggg gag cag cca gcc aca gaa ctc 2348 Gln Pro Met Glu Glu Gln Val Gly Glu Gln Pro Ala Thr Glu Leu 770 775 780 tagagaatcc ctgcctcctt tggcagccag cctttgtggg cctgaagacc tcctaaccca 2408 ccaggtccat ccctggctct tcttgcccac tggccccaga taaatttctc cataactgtc 2468 ctctgtgtgg tcaaagccag gagagtatca tgaagagaga gagagagaga gactagtctc 2528 cgagtttttt tt 2540 21 782 PRT Eukaryote 21 Gln Pro Pro Leu Glu Leu His Val Arg Lys His Pro Phe Val Tyr Val 1 5 10 15 Cys Ala Ile Cys Leu Lys Lys Phe Val Ser Ser Ile Arg Leu Arg Ser 20 25 30 His Ile Arg Glu Val His Gly Ala Ala Gln Glu Thr Leu Val Phe Thr 35 40 45 Ser Ser Ile Asn Gln Ser Phe Cys Leu Leu Glu Pro Gly Gly Asp Ile 50 55 60 Gln Gln Glu Ala Leu Gly Asn Gln Leu Ser Leu Thr Ala Glu Glu Phe 65 70 75 80 Val Cys Pro Glu Ile Asp Val Arg Lys Gly Glu Val Cys Pro Gly Glu 85 90 95 Ala Gln Pro Glu Val Gly Leu Arg Glu Leu Glu Ala Pro Gly Glu Ala 100 105 110 Cys Ala Pro Ala Val Pro Leu Ala Asn Pro Gln Ser Val Ser Val Ser 115 120 125 Leu Ser Pro Cys Lys Leu Glu Thr Thr Val Val Asn Ser Asp Leu Asn 130 135 140 Ser Leu Gly Val Val Ser Asp Asp Phe Leu Leu Lys Thr Asp Thr Ser 145 150 155 160 Ser Ala Glu Pro His Ala Ala Ala Glu Leu Thr Ser Asp Thr Gln His 165 170 175 Arg Gly Ser Ala Gln Thr Gln Gly Glu Glu Val Thr Leu Leu Leu Ala 180 185 190 Lys Ala Lys Ser Thr Gly Pro Asp Ser Glu Ser Pro Pro Ser Gly Gly 195 200 205 Gln Asn Val Gly Ala Leu Pro Ala Ser Glu Ser Asp Ser Asn Arg Cys 210 215 220 Leu Arg Ala Asn Pro Ala Glu Thr Ser Asp Leu Leu Pro Thr Val Ala 225 230 235 240 Asp Gly Gly Asp Leu Gly Val Cys Gln Pro Asp Ser Cys Thr Ser Ser 245 250 255 Ser Glu His His Pro Gly Ser Thr Ala Phe Met Lys Val Leu Asp Ser 260 265 270 Leu Gln Lys Lys Gln Met Asn Thr Ser Leu Cys Glu Arg Ile Arg Lys 275 280 285 Val Tyr Gly Asp Leu Glu Cys Glu Tyr Cys Gly Lys Leu Phe Trp Tyr 290 295 300 Gln Val His Phe Asp Met His Val Arg Thr His Thr Arg Glu His Leu 305 310 315 320 Tyr Tyr Cys Ser Gln Cys His Tyr Ser Ser Ile Thr Lys Asn Cys Leu 325 330 335 Lys Arg His Val Ile Gln Lys His Ser Asn Ile Leu Leu Lys Cys Pro 340 345 350 Thr Asp Gly Cys Asp Tyr Ser Thr Pro Asp Lys Tyr Lys Leu Gln Ala 355 360 365 His Leu Lys Val His Thr Glu Leu Asp Lys Arg Ser Tyr Ser Cys Pro 370 375 380 Val Cys Glu Lys Ser Phe Ser Glu Asp Arg Leu Ile Lys Ser His Ile 385 390 395 400 Lys Thr Asn His Pro Glu Val Ser Met Asn Thr Ile Ser Glu Val Leu 405 410 415 Gly Arg Arg Val Gln Leu Lys Gly Leu Ile Gly Lys Arg Ala Met Lys 420 425 430 Cys Pro Tyr Cys Asp Phe Tyr Phe Met Lys Asn Gly Ser Asp Leu Gln 435 440 445 Arg His Ile Ser Ala His Glu Gly Val Lys Pro Phe Lys Cys Ser Leu 450 455 460 Cys Glu Tyr Ala Thr Arg Ser Lys Ser Asn Leu Lys Ala His Met Asn 465 470 475 480 Arg His Ser Thr Glu Lys Thr His Leu Cys Asp Met Cys Gly Lys Lys 485 490 495 Phe Lys Ser Lys Gly Thr Leu Lys Ser His Lys Leu Leu His Thr Ser 500 505 510 Asp Gly Lys Gln Phe Lys Cys Thr Val Cys Asp Tyr Thr Ala Ala Gln 515 520 525 Lys Pro Gln Leu Leu Arg His Met Glu Gln Asp Ala Ser Phe Lys Pro 530 535 540 Phe Arg Cys Ala His Cys His Tyr Ser Cys Asn Ile Ser Gly Ser Leu 545 550 555 560 Lys Arg His Tyr Asn Arg Lys His Pro Asn Glu Glu Tyr Ala Asn Val 565 570 575 Gly Ser Gly Glu Leu Ala Ala Glu Ala Leu Ile Gln Gln Gly Gly Leu 580 585 590 Lys Cys Pro Val Cys Ser Phe Val Tyr Gly Thr Lys Trp Glu Phe Asn 595 600 605 Arg His Leu Lys Asn Lys His Gly Leu Lys Pro Ala Thr Glu Thr Pro 610 615 620 Glu Glu Pro Ser Thr Gln Tyr Leu Tyr Ile Thr Glu Ala Glu Asp Val 625 630 635 640 Gln Gly Thr Gln Ala Ala Val Ala Ala Leu Gln Asp Leu Arg Tyr Thr 645 650 655 Ser Glu Ser Gly Asp Arg Leu Asp Pro Thr Ala Val Asn Ile Leu Gln 660 665 670 Gln Ile Ile Glu Leu Gly Ser Glu Thr His Asp Ala Ala Ala Val Ala 675 680 685 Ser Val Val Ala Met Ala Pro Gly Thr Val Thr Val Val Lys Gln Val 690 695 700 Thr Asp Glu Glu Pro Asn Ser Asn His Thr Val Met Ile Gln Glu Thr 705 710 715 720 Leu Gln Gln Ala Ser Val Glu Leu Ala Glu Gln His His Leu Val Val 725 730 735 Ser Ser Asp Asp Val Glu Gly Ile Glu Thr Val Thr Val Tyr Thr Gln 740 745 750 Gly Gly Glu Ala Ser Glu Phe Ile Val Tyr Val Gln Glu Ala Val Gln 755 760 765 Pro Met Glu Glu Gln Val Gly Glu Gln Pro Ala Thr Glu Leu 770 775 780 22 1012 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(1012) r = G or A y = C or T m = A or C k = G or T s = G or C w = A or T 22 tggatctact tgttaatggt ttcatggaag caatcagcaa tatgtgatat gaactgctgc 60 attacttatt atactcgtgg aactgagata tttarmsrsm gcttwwyttt tttttttytt 120 agtgtaaaat acttaagcgt ttccactatt ggaagaaaag catatatggg tattttgtat 180 tgtaacttgt ttaaaaggac agtctttttt aaycttccca cttaaatgct tttaaaatat 240 gtaatacaat ttgaagcttg tttaaaaata gaattaaatg tcttawatag kgctackgtt 300 ttggaattag aaagtgatca aatacaaaac attttaaaat taagcccaga aaacaaaata 360 gtgtttaaag ttagtttagt ataaaagaaa tttataagat tttttcttca atataagata 420 cctcacttga aaataaagaa agcacagcac attaaagtaa ttctcatgag aacaccccat 480 tagaataatt gctaaatcta ggacaccttt tgagttgtga gtttgtgata catgtagtca 540 ccattagctt ttctgctgga aggacttccc gtagtaattt taaggcagtg taatagttca 600 attaccccac agtttctaac ctgggaaggc agtatgtgaa tggtcccttc tgcaactacg 660 gaaacacatt agctacattg agcataactc gattgataat tttgccagtg catatagttt 720 tatgattaaa attgctgtgg ttggttgcat tacacgacac acaaaactgt cctctacctc 780 acatgaaata aatattttat atggttttac taaaaaaatg actcatctat ctggttactt 840 agtttacaaa ttttggatta tatttattga aacatgacat actgtgctct tagcttatac 900 ctcaatcgta ttttgtgctg tttgccattt tcatgccttg tatataactt gtatagattg 960 gatgatattc ccaataaaca cttttaatkc caawraaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aa 1012 23 1747 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(1747) n = A,T,C or G 23 taatgtttat gatacaaagc tactcactct ggagccttct cattacagaa tctcttgact 60 tttatacacc cagcctgttg ttactttgtt caggttgcag aatgagtttc ctctggtttc 120 ctcctagagg agttttcctg atgaaatgct agtagcacct ccccgacata cagcgggtgg 180 gtggggcaca ctttgctgtg ctctgatggt acacacaaga agcagttgta atttgtcttt 240 ctgtttaaga gtgaccatag ctagatatgt gtgtgtgact tcagaaaatt aaaatgcttt 300 ccgaactttt cctgttaata gaggtgtgaa gtactcattc atgtgcatga ggaaagtgga 360 ttccacggac gcacaccgct tcctatgtaa ctcacaatgc tctgtacagt ttttatatgt 420 agtcttacaa aggtcttatg aaatttatat aatggatttt ttcttttaaa ttataaaata 480 ctaaatatct taaagattgt tttggacttt tgtatgttta aatgttatct taaaacttgc 540 acaaatggac catgatgact ctttgatctt aaaatcagga atttacagtc agctaagaaa 600 aatgtggata ggttaataat ccacagtggg agtatctgct aggagcagga attgtagatg 660 acatgaattc cgtgatttga ggaagggcag cctctgcact tttctttgtt tttgtttttt 720 gcacatgaag tctgacattt ttaccatcga atttcacatt actagatggt tggcttggga 780 tttacctagg ggaaattctt agcaactttg tactttgttg tttttgttct gtttggtctc 840 cagcttgcag agaccctctt gcctctgtct cccaagtgtt gggttggcag gatgagcccc 900 accaccgctg gccctgtgca gttcttttgg gatgtccctg aaagcagctg tggcattatc 960 ttctgtttca tgtgtcccga gctgtctcat ggtactacat gcagtgacct gagatctgcg 1020 ttaaggaata acttaggaga aaacggctgt cactgtcctc cccgctgtga gacaccagag 1080 ttatcacacc tgttatggtc atactttgtg ttatgatact gatgtctaag gcaatttttc 1140 tactttccaa aagggagttt gtttcctaaa tatattgtga cctaaatgtg gttttattct 1200 gctatgttct ataatttatg tattgacttt tgtaacctcc ttgggagaaa catgttaagt 1260 ggcacaggga ccatatatgt cattttattt agctctggag aaggaaacca caggcgtttg 1320 taaaatagca ttagcttaga tgtcagttca ttgtgcttgg ctgtgtggga ggcagactca 1380 aggacttgca ccatttattt ttctgacaga agtgttctgc ttatgtgctg cttagtaagt 1440 gtgatttttc tagtcttgat gaaacttgcc tcgtgacatt gttgagcgta gtcttcactt 1500 tccagaagat gaaatgatgt gccatcattt tctgtctaaa cttcctttaa agtaattttt 1560 aatcagctgt aaatatcata tctcctactg ttgaaagtaa ctttaattta cattgcacca 1620 tatagcttga aaaccaactt tgaaattctg tactcctcca caagtgacct ccgctaaaat 1680 acccatagga agcttacttt gtgcatgcnt gctttgtgtg ccggttgccg tcctaanggt 1740 tgctttg 1747 24 571 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(571) n = A,T,C or G 24 tttttttttt ttttttttag tgtaaaatac ttaagcgttt ccactattgg aagaaaagca 60 tatatgggta ttttgtattg taacttgttt aaaaggacag tcttttttaa tcttcccact 120 taaatgcttt taaaatatgt aatacaattt gaagcttgtt taaaaataga attaaatgtc 180 ttatatagtg ctactgtttt ggaattagaa agtgatcaaa tacaaaacat tttaaaatta 240 agcccagaaa acaaaatagt gtttaaagtt agtttagtat aaaagaaatt tatgagattt 300 tttcttcaat ataagatacc tcacttgaaa ataaagaaag cacagcacat taaagtaatt 360 ctcatgagaa caccccatta gaataattgc taaatctagg acaccttttg agttgtgaag 420 tttgtgatac atgtagtcac cattagcttt tctgctggaa ggacttcccg tagtaatttt 480 aaagnagtgt aataagttca attancccac aagtttctaa nctgggaaag naantatggt 540 gaatggnccc ttctgcaact acgggaacac a 571 25 619 DNA Eukaryote 25 tttttttttt tttttttttt tggcattaaa agtgtttatt gggaatatca tccaatctat 60 acaagttata tacaaggcat gaaaatggca aacagcacaa aatacgattg aggtataagc 120 taagagcaca gtatgtcatg tttcaataaa tataatccaa aatttgtaaa ctaagtaacc 180 agatagatga gtcatttttt tagtaaaacc atataaaata tttatttcat gtgaggtaga 240 ggacagtttt gtgtgtcgtg taatgcaacc aaccacagca attttaatca taaaactata 300 tgcactggca aaattatcaa tcgagttatg ctcaatgtag ctaatgtgtt tccgtagttg 360 cagaagggac cattcacata ctgccttccc aggttagaaa ctgtggggta attgaactat 420 tacactgcct taaaattact acgggaagtc cttccagcag aaaagctaat ggtgactaca 480 tgtatcacaa actcacaact caaaaggtgt cctagattta gcaattattc taatggggtg 540 ttctcatgag aattacttta atgtgctgtg ctttctttat ttcaagtgag gtatcttata 600 ttgaagaaaa aatccataa 619 26 2995 DNA Eukaryote CDS (218)...(1960) 26 tgcggccgcc ggggccgggg ctgagccagt ctctcccgcc gccgccggac gcgcagacct 60 gggcaggctg caccgacggc cgcctggccg agcgcactgc aggtcgctgc gcgcgctgcg 120 accccggggc ccggacgcga gtggctgcgg tgtcctgggc gagcactgct agtttaggcc 180 gtctgtcctc agctgcttgg aacccctaca tcccacc atg gct ggg ata cag aag 235 Met Ala Gly Ile Gln Lys 1 5 agg aag ttt gac cag ctg gaa gag gac gac tgc agc tcc tcc tcc ttg 283 Arg Lys Phe Asp Gln Leu Glu Glu Asp Asp Cys Ser Ser Ser Ser Leu 10 15 20 tcc tct ggc gat ctc tct ccc tct cct ccc agc tct tct gcc tcc cct 331 Ser Ser Gly Asp Leu Ser Pro Ser Pro Pro Ser Ser Ser Ala Ser Pro 25 30 35 gcc tgg acc tct gag gag gag gga ctg ggt gat cag cca ccc cag cct 379 Ala Trp Thr Ser Glu Glu Glu Gly Leu Gly Asp Gln Pro Pro Gln Pro 40 45 50 gat cag gac tcc agt ggc atc cag agt tta acg ccc cca tcc atc ctg 427 Asp Gln Asp Ser Ser Gly Ile Gln Ser Leu Thr Pro Pro Ser Ile Leu 55 60 65 70 aag cgg gct cct cgg gag cgt ccg ggt cac gtg gcc ttc gat ggc atc 475 Lys Arg Ala Pro Arg Glu Arg Pro Gly His Val Ala Phe Asp Gly Ile 75 80 85 act gtc tac tat ttc ccg cgg tgc cag gga ttc acc agt gtg ccc agc 523 Thr Val Tyr Tyr Phe Pro Arg Cys Gln Gly Phe Thr Ser Val Pro Ser 90 95 100 cat ggt ggc tgt acc ctg ggc atg gct tct cgt cat agc acc tgc cgc 571 His Gly Gly Cys Thr Leu Gly Met Ala Ser Arg His Ser Thr Cys Arg 105 110 115 ctc ttc tcc tta gcc gag ttt aaa cag gag cag ttc cgg gct cgg cgt 619 Leu Phe Ser Leu Ala Glu Phe Lys Gln Glu Gln Phe Arg Ala Arg Arg 120 125 130 gag aag ctc cgt cgg cgt tta aag gag gag aag cta gag atg ctg aaa 667 Glu Lys Leu Arg Arg Arg Leu Lys Glu Glu Lys Leu Glu Met Leu Lys 135 140 145 150 tgg aag ctt tca gtg tcc gga gtt ccg gag gca ggg gca gac gtg ccg 715 Trp Lys Leu Ser Val Ser Gly Val Pro Glu Ala Gly Ala Asp Val Pro 155 160 165 ctc aca gtg gac gcc atc gat gac gct tct gta gag gag gac ttg gca 763 Leu Thr Val Asp Ala Ile Asp Asp Ala Ser Val Glu Glu Asp Leu Ala 170 175 180 gtg gcc gtg gca ggt ggc cgc ctg gag gaa gcg aat ttc cta cag ccc 811 Val Ala Val Ala Gly Gly Arg Leu Glu Glu Ala Asn Phe Leu Gln Pro 185 190 195 tat cca cct cgg cag cga cgg gcc cta ctt cgc gct tcc ggt gtt cga 859 Tyr Pro Pro Arg Gln Arg Arg Ala Leu Leu Arg Ala Ser Gly Val Arg 200 205 210 agg att gac cga gag gag aag cac gag ctg cag gcg cta cgc caa tcc 907 Arg Ile Asp Arg Glu Glu Lys His Glu Leu Gln Ala Leu Arg Gln Ser 215 220 225 230 cgg gag gat tgt ggt tgt cac tgt gat ggc gtc tgt gac cct gag acc 955 Arg Glu Asp Cys Gly Cys His Cys Asp Gly Val Cys Asp Pro Glu Thr 235 240 245 tgc agt tgc atc ctg gcg ggc att aaa tgc cag atg gat cac acg tcc 1003 Cys Ser Cys Ile Leu Ala Gly Ile Lys Cys Gln Met Asp His Thr Ser 250 255 260 ttc ccc tgt ggc tgc tgc agc gag ggc tgt gag aac ccc cat ggt cga 1051 Phe Pro Cys Gly Cys Cys Ser Glu Gly Cys Glu Asn Pro His Gly Arg 265 270 275 gtg gaa ttc aat cag gcg aga gtt cag aca cac ttc atc cac acg ctc 1099 Val Glu Phe Asn Gln Ala Arg Val Gln Thr His Phe Ile His Thr Leu 280 285 290 acc cgc ctg cag atg gag cag ggt gcg gag agt ttg ggg gac ccg gag 1147 Thr Arg Leu Gln Met Glu Gln Gly Ala Glu Ser Leu Gly Asp Pro Glu 295 300 305 310 tcc ccc atg gag gac gtt cct gtc gaa caa acc gtg gtt tcc ccc ttt 1195 Ser Pro Met Glu Asp Val Pro Val Glu Gln Thr Val Val Ser Pro Phe 315 320 325 cct cct tcc aaa ccc act atg agc aat gac ctg ggg gac agc agc tgt 1243 Pro Pro Ser Lys Pro Thr Met Ser Asn Asp Leu Gly Asp Ser Ser Cys 330 335 340 ggc agc gac atg aca gac tct tcc acg acc tac tcc tct ggc ggc agt 1291 Gly Ser Asp Met Thr Asp Ser Ser Thr Thr Tyr Ser Ser Gly Gly Ser 345 350 355 ggc agc cgc agc gag gct ccg aac cat ctt gcc cac ccc agc ctg cca 1339 Gly Ser Arg Ser Glu Ala Pro Asn His Leu Ala His Pro Ser Leu Pro 360 365 370 ggt tcc agc ttc cgg tct ggc ata gat gaa gac agc ctg gaa cag atc 1387 Gly Ser Ser Phe Arg Ser Gly Ile Asp Glu Asp Ser Leu Glu Gln Ile 375 380 385 390 ctg aat ttc agt gac tct gac ctc ggt att gag gaa gaa gag gag gag 1435 Leu Asn Phe Ser Asp Ser Asp Leu Gly Ile Glu Glu Glu Glu Glu Glu 395 400 405 gga ggg agt gtg ggc aac ttg gat aac ctc agc tgt ttt cat ttg gct 1483 Gly Gly Ser Val Gly Asn Leu Asp Asn Leu Ser Cys Phe His Leu Ala 410 415 420 gac atc ttt ggt acc ggt gac ccc ggc agc ctg gct agc tgg aca cac 1531 Asp Ile Phe Gly Thr Gly Asp Pro Gly Ser Leu Ala Ser Trp Thr His 425 430 435 agc cag ttt ggc tct agc ctt cca tcg ggc atc cta gat gag aat gcc 1579 Ser Gln Phe Gly Ser Ser Leu Pro Ser Gly Ile Leu Asp Glu Asn Ala 440 445 450 aac ctg gac gcc agc tgc ttc cta agc agc gga ctc gaa ggg ttg aga 1627 Asn Leu Asp Ala Ser Cys Phe Leu Ser Ser Gly Leu Glu Gly Leu Arg 455 460 465 470 gaa ggt agc ctc ccc agc agt tct ggg tcc cct gag ggg gaa gcc gcc 1675 Glu Gly Ser Leu Pro Ser Ser Ser Gly Ser Pro Glu Gly Glu Ala Ala 475 480 485 cag agc agc tcc ttg gac ctc agt tta tcc tcc tgt gac tcc ttt gag 1723 Gln Ser Ser Ser Leu Asp Leu Ser Leu Ser Ser Cys Asp Ser Phe Glu 490 495 500 ctt ctc caa tct ctg cca gat tat agt ctg ggg cct cac tat act tcc 1771 Leu Leu Gln Ser Leu Pro Asp Tyr Ser Leu Gly Pro His Tyr Thr Ser 505 510 515 cga agg gta tct ggc agc ctg gac agc ctt gag acc ttc cac cct tcg 1819 Arg Arg Val Ser Gly Ser Leu Asp Ser Leu Glu Thr Phe His Pro Ser 520 525 530 ccc agc ttc tct cca ccg agg gat gcc agc ttc ctg gat tct ctc ata 1867 Pro Ser Phe Ser Pro Pro Arg Asp Ala Ser Phe Leu Asp Ser Leu Ile 535 540 545 550 ggc ctg tct gag ccg gtt aca gat gtc ctg gcg ccc ctt ctg gag agc 1915 Gly Leu Ser Glu Pro Val Thr Asp Val Leu Ala Pro Leu Leu Glu Ser 555 560 565 cag ttt gag gac act gct gtg gtg cct ttg gac cct gtg cct gtg 1960 Gln Phe Glu Asp Thr Ala Val Val Pro Leu Asp Pro Val Pro Val 570 575 580 taaggattga gatgactttt tcctgccctg agaccctgtt gctgcttttt atgtgatctt 2020 ggtgtccccc aaggtctgtg tatgtaacgg tctcccgtgg gctggttctg cccccgtgcc 2080 atgtgggcaa tcctctattt ttacagtaac actctagatt tatttatttt tttatgtttt 2140 tctgtactga agggagggtg ggaagggtat ccctctttca atgcctggcc tctatgtcca 2200 aacagaggtc tcccacctcc tactgtatgc ctggaggagg aaggggcggg gttcacatcc 2260 cctctttctg tactgtaaaa tgctccttgg tccaaagaca gctgaaaagc aggccttagg 2320 gtttcctgtg gaccgtggga gctaggtctt ctggactctg aagatgtaat ttatttctgt 2380 aatttatttg gggactgaga cagcagtggt tgggcctctc tggcaggtgg gcggtgttga 2440 ggcaaagtct tcggtgtccc ccgccggtct gggcttcggt gtggcgtgta ggttcgagct 2500 gagcagacgg aggctgtgct tgaccatcgg tgatcaaaac tccctctgcc ccctgcccag 2560 acgctctaac atgccctctg tccatttccc tctccccaag gccatgggtt ataaaggccc 2620 tatgtaggat ggggagccag aggccctaag acatgaagca caccccagat cactgtctct 2680 agcctttctg ggcactgaat ccatcctgac ccaccacaca ccccccggcc agttggcaag 2740 aaagaggtgg ctcttggggg cttttatgcc cttcattagc tgatgttgga ttttatatgc 2800 atttttatat tgtctctaag tgtcagaact ataatttatt catttctctg tgtgtgtgtg 2860 tgccaagaaa cgcaggctct gggcctgcct ccttgcccag gaggccttgc cagcctgtgt 2920 gcttgtgaga acacattgta cctgagctga caggtaccaa taaagacact ctatttttaa 2980 aaaaaaaaaa aaaaa 2995 27 581 PRT Eukaryote 27 Met Ala Gly Ile Gln Lys Arg Lys Phe Asp Gln Leu Glu Glu Asp Asp 1 5 10 15 Cys Ser Ser Ser Ser Leu Ser Ser Gly Asp Leu Ser Pro Ser Pro Pro 20 25 30 Ser Ser Ser Ala Ser Pro Ala Trp Thr Ser Glu Glu Glu Gly Leu Gly 35 40 45 Asp Gln Pro Pro Gln Pro Asp Gln Asp Ser Ser Gly Ile Gln Ser Leu 50 55 60 Thr Pro Pro Ser Ile Leu Lys Arg Ala Pro Arg Glu Arg Pro Gly His 65 70 75 80 Val Ala Phe Asp Gly Ile Thr Val Tyr Tyr Phe Pro Arg Cys Gln Gly 85 90 95 Phe Thr Ser Val Pro Ser His Gly Gly Cys Thr Leu Gly Met Ala Ser 100 105 110 Arg His Ser Thr Cys Arg Leu Phe Ser Leu Ala Glu Phe Lys Gln Glu 115 120 125 Gln Phe Arg Ala Arg Arg Glu Lys Leu Arg Arg Arg Leu Lys Glu Glu 130 135 140 Lys Leu Glu Met Leu Lys Trp Lys Leu Ser Val Ser Gly Val Pro Glu 145 150 155 160 Ala Gly Ala Asp Val Pro Leu Thr Val Asp Ala Ile Asp Asp Ala Ser 165 170 175 Val Glu Glu Asp Leu Ala Val Ala Val Ala Gly Gly Arg Leu Glu Glu 180 185 190 Ala Asn Phe Leu Gln Pro Tyr Pro Pro Arg Gln Arg Arg Ala Leu Leu 195 200 205 Arg Ala Ser Gly Val Arg Arg Ile Asp Arg Glu Glu Lys His Glu Leu 210 215 220 Gln Ala Leu Arg Gln Ser Arg Glu Asp Cys Gly Cys His Cys Asp Gly 225 230 235 240 Val Cys Asp Pro Glu Thr Cys Ser Cys Ile Leu Ala Gly Ile Lys Cys 245 250 255 Gln Met Asp His Thr Ser Phe Pro Cys Gly Cys Cys Ser Glu Gly Cys 260 265 270 Glu Asn Pro His Gly Arg Val Glu Phe Asn Gln Ala Arg Val Gln Thr 275 280 285 His Phe Ile His Thr Leu Thr Arg Leu Gln Met Glu Gln Gly Ala Glu 290 295 300 Ser Leu Gly Asp Pro Glu Ser Pro Met Glu Asp Val Pro Val Glu Gln 305 310 315 320 Thr Val Val Ser Pro Phe Pro Pro Ser Lys Pro Thr Met Ser Asn Asp 325 330 335 Leu Gly Asp Ser Ser Cys Gly Ser Asp Met Thr Asp Ser Ser Thr Thr 340 345 350 Tyr Ser Ser Gly Gly Ser Gly Ser Arg Ser Glu Ala Pro Asn His Leu 355 360 365 Ala His Pro Ser Leu Pro Gly Ser Ser Phe Arg Ser Gly Ile Asp Glu 370 375 380 Asp Ser Leu Glu Gln Ile Leu Asn Phe Ser Asp Ser Asp Leu Gly Ile 385 390 395 400 Glu Glu Glu Glu Glu Glu Gly Gly Ser Val Gly Asn Leu Asp Asn Leu 405 410 415 Ser Cys Phe His Leu Ala Asp Ile Phe Gly Thr Gly Asp Pro Gly Ser 420 425 430 Leu Ala Ser Trp Thr His Ser Gln Phe Gly Ser Ser Leu Pro Ser Gly 435 440 445 Ile Leu Asp Glu Asn Ala Asn Leu Asp Ala Ser Cys Phe Leu Ser Ser 450 455 460 Gly Leu Glu Gly Leu Arg Glu Gly Ser Leu Pro Ser Ser Ser Gly Ser 465 470 475 480 Pro Glu Gly Glu Ala Ala Gln Ser Ser Ser Leu Asp Leu Ser Leu Ser 485 490 495 Ser Cys Asp Ser Phe Glu Leu Leu Gln Ser Leu Pro Asp Tyr Ser Leu 500 505 510 Gly Pro His Tyr Thr Ser Arg Arg Val Ser Gly Ser Leu Asp Ser Leu 515 520 525 Glu Thr Phe His Pro Ser Pro Ser Phe Ser Pro Pro Arg Asp Ala Ser 530 535 540 Phe Leu Asp Ser Leu Ile Gly Leu Ser Glu Pro Val Thr Asp Val Leu 545 550 555 560 Ala Pro Leu Leu Glu Ser Gln Phe Glu Asp Thr Ala Val Val Pro Leu 565 570 575 Asp Pro Val Pro Val 580 28 2938 DNA Eukaryote 28 attcggcacg agccagagtg aaggggcatg gagaagtgga cggcctggga gccgcagggc 60 gccgatgcgc tgcggcgctt tcaagggttg ctgctggacc gccgcggccg gctgcactgc 120 caagtgttgc gcctgcgcga agtggcccgg aggctcgagc gtctacggag gcgctccttg 180 gcagccaacg tagctggcag ctctctgagc gctgctggcg ccctagcagc catcgtgggg 240 ttatcactca gcccggtcac cctgggagcc tcgctcgtgg cgtccgccgt gggcttaggg 300 gtggccaccg ccggaggggc agtcaccatc acgtccgacc tctctctgat cttctgcaat 360 tcccgggagg tacggagggt gcaagagatc gccgccacct gccaggacca gatgcgcgaa 420 ctcctgagct gccttgagtt cttctgtcag tggcaggggc gcggggaccg ccagctgctg 480 cagagcggga gggacgcctc catggctctt tacaactctg tctacttcat cgtcttcttc 540 ggctcgcgtg gcttcctcat ccccaggcgt gcggaggggg ccaccaaagt cagccaggcc 600 gtgctgaagg ccaagattca gaaactgtct gagagcctgg agtcctgcac tggtgccctg 660 gatgaactta gtgagcagct ggaatcccgg gtccagctct gtaccaaggc cggccgtggt 720 cacaacctca ggaactcccc tgatctggat gcagcgttgt ttttctaaga gcatcctcta 780 gctgtgtgga atgttctaga ttcgcagcat ccacaaggaa gtgctacatg ggcggagtgc 840 aaaggatttc agaagctctt cttgcagggc atcagtccgt agctccttgt gtgtgcgaaa 900 gacttttcac ttgtgtaatc ccaactgagt atgtgaccct aaacagtcac tttggggact 960 ccccaaatcc tttttagctg cacacagctt gtcagactgt ccttcaatta gagttattgg 1020 ggtggggggg cttgatggct tgagtaatag aggtctggcg aggtgtctcc ctcttggacc 1080 tcttatgtgt tgttactaga atcctgagat tctcaaatgt tggtgagagg agacttttac 1140 ttttcaactt tgcttcggca gtttccgata cacaggactc cagaatccag aacaagaaag 1200 aagaaccttg tgtttgtagg gtgtgcagac ccagacgggg ccgaggagct gacttgctca 1260 gctctcacac gcagccagtt tatccactca cagaccaaac ctggctactg catagactgt 1320 tccagtgtgg cttcaaatcc acacctctag gtaccctgag aaggaaagcc acctgaagag 1380 tcactctaat cccaacacgc tcaccccctt cacgtccata aaggagctgg gcaaggggtg 1440 agatgaagac cctgacaatt ttaaatgact gtagcataga gagccatggc ctttgagttt 1500 aagagtcttg atcccaggtt ctgtccccca ctgtcctgtg acttagccac cttgtcttgc 1560 tacagatggt ggtaggaggc caccctgttg cgaagtcctg agataatgac aaacacagag 1620 gctagctcac aaaaatgtac ttcctggcct ggcttctgaa gggttaactg ttgggctcca 1680 tcccagattt ctgagatcag gaactccaaa tatgaggccc gcctctggct gattctgatg 1740 ccccataaat gtttgaaaat gacacagcaa aggttcatct ccagccaggt gtggtgggac 1800 acacctgtaa ggccagcgct tggagatgga gacaggggga ccagtagttc agggtcattc 1860 ttggctacat agcaaactca aggccaccct ggtctcaaaa accaaaacaa aaagccatct 1920 tctgactccc ttcaattgtt caaagccttt ccagggcctt cagaatcacg ctcagagtgt 1980 tctgggaaga ttagcccaga agccagagaa agagtacgct gtgtgcttgt aaagccagtt 2040 actctgtccc ctgtgaacta ggagacagag cacttccgac cctatagagg gcagtagtgg 2100 ccattccttg taggggactg gtatagaagt aatgtgaact atttaaaaat agttatttaa 2160 ttgctgcctt cacatttgat tttatttaac cttcacatta tttagaaaat aataagagta 2220 gtaagtgtct gaataggaag ggagtctctt aaggctcttt ccaagagctc aggtttggat 2280 ttctagagtc cccccgaccc cagagaggac tctttagtgt ttgacacggt ctttgtaagt 2340 aagatgggga gtcctggaga gagagaccaa gctgattttt aaactaggaa atggagtctt 2400 gaactgtgga agatttgaaa agttaagcct atgtgtcttg aaggtacttg gccagaaaag 2460 cacttggctt gaaaaagaaa acctgtttaa ttcaggggtg gaggaataga gacagatgaa 2520 gaaagcattt agacctcgga aacctgatgt cctatgaaat tctgttttta taaaattgtg 2580 ttatggtgga gatctgttgc atttcgactt tgtggctgta agaaacctgt tatctatgtt 2640 taagaaagta cttctaattt attcaatgtc ttcctaaatt atcctttaaa aaaaaaagtt 2700 ggaaagtcta tgagaccgta cctaagaaac cttgactgtg tatttaagtt atttaatgcc 2760 atgcatttgt gaagcccctt cccagtgatg gctgtggtgt gtctgaggaa atgtaagttt 2820 ggcatgaggg ggaggggctg ctgtttctat atttgttttt gttttctata aacagtaatc 2880 aggatgtatc ctggtttcat ttgacattga aaaaaaaaaa aaaactcgtg ccgaattc 2938 29 2527 DNA Eukaryote CDS (41)...(871) 29 tacggctgcg agaagacgac agaaggggag cggagccaag atg gcg gcg gag ctg 55 Met Ala Ala Glu Leu 1 5 gaa tac gag tct gtg ctg tgt gtg aag ccc gac gtc agc gtc tac cgg 103 Glu Tyr Glu Ser Val Leu Cys Val Lys Pro Asp Val Ser Val Tyr Arg 10 15 20 att ccg ccg cgg gcc tcc aac cgc ggt tac agg gca tct gac tgg aag 151 Ile Pro Pro Arg Ala Ser Asn Arg Gly Tyr Arg Ala Ser Asp Trp Lys 25 30 35 cta gac cag cct gat tgg act ggt cgc ctc cga atc act tca aaa ggg 199 Leu Asp Gln Pro Asp Trp Thr Gly Arg Leu Arg Ile Thr Ser Lys Gly 40 45 50 aag att gcc tac atc aaa ctg gaa gat aaa gtt tca ggg gag ctc ttc 247 Lys Ile Ala Tyr Ile Lys Leu Glu Asp Lys Val Ser Gly Glu Leu Phe 55 60 65 gct cag gcg cca gta gag cag tac cct ggg att gct gtg gag act gtg 295 Ala Gln Ala Pro Val Glu Gln Tyr Pro Gly Ile Ala Val Glu Thr Val 70 75 80 85 gcc gac tcc agc cgc tac ttt gtg atc agg atc cag gat ggc acc ggg 343 Ala Asp Ser Ser Arg Tyr Phe Val Ile Arg Ile Gln Asp Gly Thr Gly 90 95 100 cgc agt gcg ttt att ggc atc ggc ttc acg gac cgg gga gat gcc ttc 391 Arg Ser Ala Phe Ile Gly Ile Gly Phe Thr Asp Arg Gly Asp Ala Phe 105 110 115 gac ttt aat gtc tcc ctg caa gat cac ttc aag tgg gta aag cag gaa 439 Asp Phe Asn Val Ser Leu Gln Asp His Phe Lys Trp Val Lys Gln Glu 120 125 130 acc gag atc tcc aaa gaa tcg cag gaa atg gat agt cgt ccc aag ttg 487 Thr Glu Ile Ser Lys Glu Ser Gln Glu Met Asp Ser Arg Pro Lys Leu 135 140 145 gat tta ggc ttc aag gaa ggg caa acc atc aag ctg agt att ggg aac 535 Asp Leu Gly Phe Lys Glu Gly Gln Thr Ile Lys Leu Ser Ile Gly Asn 150 155 160 165 att aca gcc aag aaa ggg ggt act tct aag ccc cgg gcc tca gga acg 583 Ile Thr Ala Lys Lys Gly Gly Thr Ser Lys Pro Arg Ala Ser Gly Thr 170 175 180 ggg ggc ctg agc tta ctc cca cct cct cct gga ggc aaa gtc act atc 631 Gly Gly Leu Ser Leu Leu Pro Pro Pro Pro Gly Gly Lys Val Thr Ile 185 190 195 ccc cca ccg tcc tcc tcc gtt gcc atc agc aac cac gtc acc cca cca 679 Pro Pro Pro Ser Ser Ser Val Ala Ile Ser Asn His Val Thr Pro Pro 200 205 210 ccc att cca aaa tct aac cat gga agt aat gat tca gat atc ctg tta 727 Pro Ile Pro Lys Ser Asn His Gly Ser Asn Asp Ser Asp Ile Leu Leu 215 220 225 gat ttg gat tct cca gct cct gtc ccg act tca gca cca gct cca gct 775 Asp Leu Asp Ser Pro Ala Pro Val Pro Thr Ser Ala Pro Ala Pro Ala 230 235 240 245 cca gct tct aca agc aat gac ttg tgg gga gac ttt agc act gca tcc 823 Pro Ala Ser Thr Ser Asn Asp Leu Trp Gly Asp Phe Ser Thr Ala Ser 250 255 260 agc tct gtt cca aac cag gca cca cag cca tct aac tgg gtc cag ttt 871 Ser Ser Val Pro Asn Gln Ala Pro Gln Pro Ser Asn Trp Val Gln Phe 265 270 275 tgagtcgcat tggcaagaag ttgaggacac ttgaagaata aaaatgacct caagggcacc 931 attctatgag ggagttgagg gacggcttaa tttcccagga cccaaatcag tggtcagtct 991 ttcctgtagc ttctctgtgc attcaggctg gatttttttt tttttttttt ttggttacct 1051 ctgtgttact tgctgtatat ccaggagaca atctgctgtt tcctgctcag aaccaagcaa 1111 gggagtagtg ggtattatca cactgactga ctttgcagag ttcagaaggc caacttgatg 1171 agtgggagtg acctcgaacg tatgtaaatc cttgaactta tttcagaatc atctcatgat 1231 tccctagtta gcaatttcag gagagacaaa tgccttgaaa ctgtcttctc cactaatccg 1291 agactaaata tggtcaggct ggccccagga ctcatgaagt tagggttttc atgggggtag 1351 atttggagaa agctgtgtcc cggctctctt ctgtaaggcc tccttcaggc ttaccccatg 1411 cagtgaactt cccgtgctgg gtggagcccc atcaccttct tgtgtgttta catgttgttt 1471 cctttgacaa gagggttatg ttggtggcac ctcactgttt tcttgttgaa tagtgcagca 1531 tctttgacca gtgaatattt ctgagatgaa ggggtcaagg ggctgtgctt tccatggtgt 1591 agtctacaga agtgtttaat ttcttgcggc cccacgggat tgctgcactg acgcatagaa 1651 ttgatctata ctcaccctgt gtttgacctg aagagtttta acttgatgtg tagagcagag 1711 agctggaagc actaagttcc cattcagtac ccacaatgcc ttgctgcctg gtttgactcc 1771 ttttcataaa catttcattt cagtccatct agcacttctg tggaaagctg ctgttgattg 1831 tgtcagtgtg aaggaggtga agtcacagct ttctttacct atgacagtta ggctttgcac 1891 tagacgttga taccagctag gatatcttaa aggaagttac cgccccatca ctctccagtc 1951 tctggccgcc attcctttta cagtgctgtg aagagcgtcc tctgaggtcg gtgggtactg 2011 tctcctgttg gtcgggcagt ttgagggagg agtgggagga ctcacactcc tgcaggtacc 2071 tgtttgggta gcacactggc tgcagagagt cctttcagat atattgtttc tcaatgttct 2131 tcgtagcttt ttctaacttc gggtccattt ttcccatcgc ctcttcccat tcccaggcag 2191 ctctcttgtt gcagagccat ggcaggacgt ttaagttcca ataaaaacac taagaagaaa 2251 gtatagaatc actagtgact gttgggaaac ctattttctc aatcttcctc cattttgtgt 2311 tctttgtatt cttaagatga taatatatta tgtatttgaa ttgctgaaaa ttgaaaatga 2371 agttgaagat atatgtatat aagcgtatgc tgtattggtg caataatggt aattaaagat 2431 attaaaaaag aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa 2491 aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaa 2527 30 277 PRT Eukaryote 30 Met Ala Ala Glu Leu Glu Tyr Glu Ser Val Leu Cys Val Lys Pro Asp 1 5 10 15 Val Ser Val Tyr Arg Ile Pro Pro Arg Ala Ser Asn Arg Gly Tyr Arg 20 25 30 Ala Ser Asp Trp Lys Leu Asp Gln Pro Asp Trp Thr Gly Arg Leu Arg 35 40 45 Ile Thr Ser Lys Gly Lys Ile Ala Tyr Ile Lys Leu Glu Asp Lys Val 50 55 60 Ser Gly Glu Leu Phe Ala Gln Ala Pro Val Glu Gln Tyr Pro Gly Ile 65 70 75 80 Ala Val Glu Thr Val Ala Asp Ser Ser Arg Tyr Phe Val Ile Arg Ile 85 90 95 Gln Asp Gly Thr Gly Arg Ser Ala Phe Ile Gly Ile Gly Phe Thr Asp 100 105 110 Arg Gly Asp Ala Phe Asp Phe Asn Val Ser Leu Gln Asp His Phe Lys 115 120 125 Trp Val Lys Gln Glu Thr Glu Ile Ser Lys Glu Ser Gln Glu Met Asp 130 135 140 Ser Arg Pro Lys Leu Asp Leu Gly Phe Lys Glu Gly Gln Thr Ile Lys 145 150 155 160 Leu Ser Ile Gly Asn Ile Thr Ala Lys Lys Gly Gly Thr Ser Lys Pro 165 170 175 Arg Ala Ser Gly Thr Gly Gly Leu Ser Leu Leu Pro Pro Pro Pro Gly 180 185 190 Gly Lys Val Thr Ile Pro Pro Pro Ser Ser Ser Val Ala Ile Ser Asn 195 200 205 His Val Thr Pro Pro Pro Ile Pro Lys Ser Asn His Gly Ser Asn Asp 210 215 220 Ser Asp Ile Leu Leu Asp Leu Asp Ser Pro Ala Pro Val Pro Thr Ser 225 230 235 240 Ala Pro Ala Pro Ala Pro Ala Ser Thr Ser Asn Asp Leu Trp Gly Asp 245 250 255 Phe Ser Thr Ala Ser Ser Ser Val Pro Asn Gln Ala Pro Gln Pro Ser 260 265 270 Asn Trp Val Gln Phe 275 31 2922 DNA Eukaryote CDS (28)...(768) 31 attcggcacg agccagagtg aaggggc atg gag aag tgg acg gcc tgg gag ccg 54 Met Glu Lys Trp Thr Ala Trp Glu Pro 1 5 cag ggc gcc gat gcg ctg cgg cgc ttt caa ggg ttg ctg ctg gac cgc 102 Gln Gly Ala Asp Ala Leu Arg Arg Phe Gln Gly Leu Leu Leu Asp Arg 10 15 20 25 cgc ggc cgg ctg cac tgc caa gtg ttg cgc ctg cgc gaa gtg gcc cgg 150 Arg Gly Arg Leu His Cys Gln Val Leu Arg Leu Arg Glu Val Ala Arg 30 35 40 agg ctc gag cgt cta cgg agg cgc tcc ttg gca gcc aac gta gct ggc 198 Arg Leu Glu Arg Leu Arg Arg Arg Ser Leu Ala Ala Asn Val Ala Gly 45 50 55 agc tct ctg agc gct gct ggc gcc cta gca gcc atc gtg ggg tta tca 246 Ser Ser Leu Ser Ala Ala Gly Ala Leu Ala Ala Ile Val Gly Leu Ser 60 65 70 ctc agc ccg gtc acc ctg gga gcc tcg ctc gtg gcg tcc gcc gtg ggc 294 Leu Ser Pro Val Thr Leu Gly Ala Ser Leu Val Ala Ser Ala Val Gly 75 80 85 tta ggg gtg gcc acc gcc gga ggg gca gtc acc atc acg tcc gac ctc 342 Leu Gly Val Ala Thr Ala Gly Gly Ala Val Thr Ile Thr Ser Asp Leu 90 95 100 105 tct ctg atc ttc tgc aat tcc cgg gag gta cgg agg gtg caa gag atc 390 Ser Leu Ile Phe Cys Asn Ser Arg Glu Val Arg Arg Val Gln Glu Ile 110 115 120 gcc gcc acc tgc cag gac cag atg cgc gaa ctc ctg agc tgc ctt gag 438 Ala Ala Thr Cys Gln Asp Gln Met Arg Glu Leu Leu Ser Cys Leu Glu 125 130 135 ttc ttc tgt cag tgg cag ggg cgc ggg gac cgc cag ctg ctg cag agc 486 Phe Phe Cys Gln Trp Gln Gly Arg Gly Asp Arg Gln Leu Leu Gln Ser 140 145 150 ggg agg gac gcc tcc atg gct ctt tac aac tct gtc tac ttc atc gtc 534 Gly Arg Asp Ala Ser Met Ala Leu Tyr Asn Ser Val Tyr Phe Ile Val 155 160 165 ttc ttc ggc tcg cgt ggc ttc ctc atc ccc agg cgt gcg gag ggg gcc 582 Phe Phe Gly Ser Arg Gly Phe Leu Ile Pro Arg Arg Ala Glu Gly Ala 170 175 180 185 acc aaa gtc agc cag gcc gtg ctg aag gcc aag att cag aaa ctg tct 630 Thr Lys Val Ser Gln Ala Val Leu Lys Ala Lys Ile Gln Lys Leu Ser 190 195 200 gag agc ctg gag tcc tgc act ggt gcc ctg gat gaa ctt agt gag cag 678 Glu Ser Leu Glu Ser Cys Thr Gly Ala Leu Asp Glu Leu Ser Glu Gln 205 210 215 ctg gaa tcc cgg gtc cag ctc tgt acc aag gcc ggc cgt ggt cac aac 726 Leu Glu Ser Arg Val Gln Leu Cys Thr Lys Ala Gly Arg Gly His Asn 220 225 230 ctc agg aac tcc cct gat ctg gat gca gcg ttg ttt ttc taa 768 Leu Arg Asn Ser Pro Asp Leu Asp Ala Ala Leu Phe Phe * 235 240 245 gagcatcctc tagctgtgtg gaatgttcta gattcgcagc atccacaagg aagtgctaca 828 tgggcggagt gcaaaggatt tcagaagctc ttcttgcagg gcatcagtcc gtagctcctt 888 gtgtgtgcga aagacttttc acttgtgtaa tcccaactga gtatgtgacc ctaaacagtc 948 actttgggga ctccccaaat cctttttagc tgcacacagc ttgtcagact gtccttcaat 1008 tagagttatt ggggtggggg ggcttgatgg cttgagtaat agaggtctgg cgaggtgtct 1068 ccctcttgga cctcttatgt gttgttacta gaatcctgag attctcaaat gttggtgaga 1128 ggagactttt acttttcaac tttgcttcgg cagtttccga tacacaggac tccagaatcc 1188 agaacaagaa agaagaacct tgtgtttgta gggtgtgcag acccagacgg ggccgaggag 1248 ctgacttgct cagctctcac acgcagccag tttatccact cacagaccaa acctggctac 1308 tgcatagact gttccagtgt ggcttcaaat ccacacctct aggtaccctg agaaggaaag 1368 ccacctgaag agtcactcta atcccaacac gctcaccccc ttcacgtcca taaaggagct 1428 gggcaagggg tgagatgaag accctgacaa ttttaaatga ctgtagcata gagagccatg 1488 gcctttgagt ttaagagtct tgatcccagg ttctgtcccc cactgtcctg tgacttagcc 1548 accttgtctt gctacagatg gtggtaggag gccaccctgt tgcgaagtcc tgagataatg 1608 acaaacacag aggctagctc acaaaaatgt acttcctggc ctggcttctg aagggttaac 1668 tgttgggctc catcccagat ttctgagatc aggaactcca aatatgaggc ccgcctctgg 1728 ctgattctga tgccccataa atgtttgaaa atgacacagc aaaggttcat ctccagccag 1788 gtgtggtggg acacacctgt aaggccagcg cttggagatg gagacagggg gaccagtagt 1848 tcagggtcat tcttggctac atagcaaact caaggccacc ctggtctcaa aaaccaaaac 1908 aaaaagccat cttctgactc ccttcaattg ttcaaagcct ttccagggcc ttcagaatca 1968 cgctcagagt gttctgggaa gattagccca gaagccagag aaagagtacg ctgtgtgctt 2028 gtaaagccag ttactctgtc ccctgtgaac taggagacag agcacttccg accctataga 2088 gggcagtagt ggccattcct tgtaggggac tggtatagaa gtaatgtgaa ctatttaaaa 2148 atagttattt aattgctgcc ttcacatttg attttattta accttcacat tatttagaaa 2208 ataataagag tagtaagtgt ctgaatagga agggagtctc ttaaggctct ttccaagagc 2268 tcaggtttgg atttctagag tccccccgac cccagagagg actctttagt gtttgacacg 2328 gtctttgtaa gtaagatggg gagtcctgga gagagagacc aagctgattt ttaaactagg 2388 aaatggagtc ttgaactgtg gaagatttga aaagttaagc ctatgtgtct tgaaggtact 2448 tggccagaaa agcacttggc ttgaaaaaga aaacctgttt aattcagggg tggaggaata 2508 gagacagatg aagaaagcat ttagacctcg gaaacctgat gtcctatgaa attctgtttt 2568 tataaaattg tgttatggtg gagatctgtt gcatttcgac tttgtggctg taagaaacct 2628 gttatctatg tttaagaaag tacttctaat ttattcaatg tcttcctaaa ttatccttta 2688 aaaaaaaaag ttggaaagtc tatgagaccg tacctaagaa accttgactg tgtatttaag 2748 ttatttaatg ccatgcattt gtgaagcccc ttcccagtga tggctgtggt gtgtctgagg 2808 aaatgtaagt ttggcatgag ggggaggggc tgctgtttct atatttgttt ttgttttcta 2868 taaacagtaa tcaggatgta tcctggtttc atttgacatt gaaaaaaaaa aaaa 2922 32 246 PRT Eukaryote 32 Met Glu Lys Trp Thr Ala Trp Glu Pro Gln Gly Ala Asp Ala Leu Arg 1 5 10 15 Arg Phe Gln Gly Leu Leu Leu Asp Arg Arg Gly Arg Leu His Cys Gln 20 25 30 Val Leu Arg Leu Arg Glu Val Ala Arg Arg Leu Glu Arg Leu Arg Arg 35 40 45 Arg Ser Leu Ala Ala Asn Val Ala Gly Ser Ser Leu Ser Ala Ala Gly 50 55 60 Ala Leu Ala Ala Ile Val Gly Leu Ser Leu Ser Pro Val Thr Leu Gly 65 70 75 80 Ala Ser Leu Val Ala Ser Ala Val Gly Leu Gly Val Ala Thr Ala Gly 85 90 95 Gly Ala Val Thr Ile Thr Ser Asp Leu Ser Leu Ile Phe Cys Asn Ser 100 105 110 Arg Glu Val Arg Arg Val Gln Glu Ile Ala Ala Thr Cys Gln Asp Gln 115 120 125 Met Arg Glu Leu Leu Ser Cys Leu Glu Phe Phe Cys Gln Trp Gln Gly 130 135 140 Arg Gly Asp Arg Gln Leu Leu Gln Ser Gly Arg Asp Ala Ser Met Ala 145 150 155 160 Leu Tyr Asn Ser Val Tyr Phe Ile Val Phe Phe Gly Ser Arg Gly Phe 165 170 175 Leu Ile Pro Arg Arg Ala Glu Gly Ala Thr Lys Val Ser Gln Ala Val 180 185 190 Leu Lys Ala Lys Ile Gln Lys Leu Ser Glu Ser Leu Glu Ser Cys Thr 195 200 205 Gly Ala Leu Asp Glu Leu Ser Glu Gln Leu Glu Ser Arg Val Gln Leu 210 215 220 Cys Thr Lys Ala Gly Arg Gly His Asn Leu Arg Asn Ser Pro Asp Leu 225 230 235 240 Asp Ala Ala Leu Phe Phe 245 33 1446 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(1446) n = A,T,C or G 33 gctttggaaa ccggactgca ggctaaactg gcttcttttg aatccttgga agcataaagg 60 acaagtagca gggctcgcag tcttccattt gtcactggag aagaacttat aattcagaag 120 atctgggtct ggacccaggc tgaccacttt ggagctttga gactctggga ttgtgatcca 180 gttctgagct ggtgataaac actccttgtg acttttggtc aattcagcta ccagattcca 240 gccaacatga ccctcgcagc ctataaggag aagatgaagg aactcccact agtgtctctg 300 ttctgctcct gttttctgtc tgatcccctg aataaatcat cctacaaata tgaaggctgg 360 tgtgggagac agtgtaggag gaaaggtcaa agccagcgga aaggcagtgc tgactggaga 420 gaaagaagag aacaggcaga tacggtagac ctgaactggt gtgtcatctc tgatatggaa 480 gtcatcgagc tgaataagtg tacctcgggc cagtcctttg aagtcatcct gaagccacct 540 tcctttgacg gggtgcctga gtttaatgcc tccctcccaa gacgtcgaga cccatcgcta 600 gaagagatac agaagaagct agaagcagca gaggagcgaa ggaagtacca ggaagctgag 660 ctcctaaaac accttgcaga gaaacgagag catgagcgtg aggtaatcca gaaagctatc 720 gaggaaaaca acaacttcat caagatggcg aaagagaagc tggcccagaa gatggagtcc 780 aataaggaaa accgggaggc ccatctggct gccatgttgg agcggctgca agagaaggac 840 aagcacgcag aggaggtgcg gaaaaacaag gagctgaagg aagaggcctc caggtaaagc 900 ccanaggcca aggaagtttc caggacagcc ggacagctcc cgcagcaacc tggttccagc 960 agcatcggcc gctggctgct ctcccagcac tggggttcgg ggggaggggg gtggccaaag 1020 gggcgtttcc tctgcttttg gtgtttgtac atgtaaaaga ttgaccagtg aagccatcct 1080 atttgtttct ggggaacaat gatggggtgg gagaggggac agagagtgtt tggaaaagga 1140 ggtgaagatg agcccgagga ctttgtgaca ctgtccactg actgcagact tgggccaagg 1200 cccccgcttt tcacggctct gcctggacat tcggcctcca ggttcctagt ggagagaaga 1260 tgtgacagaa gttcagagtg aagggccgag tcctggtggg gtggtgtgca gggccagcag 1320 gacgagcccg tctggatgga gtgaaaccta ccctgagcgg gtgggataag gtctgtgtgc 1380 gtctgttcat tgtcatcttt tgatcatcat gaccaacgaa acatttaaaa aaaaaaaaaa 1440 aaaaaa 1446 34 5305 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(5305) r = G or A y = C or T m = A or C k = G or T s = G or C w = A or T n = A, T, G, or C 34 gataaacact ccttgtgact tttggtcaat tcagctacca gattccagcc aacatgaccc 60 tcgcaggtag gtacatgcac cagtcagtga tgaacaccat aacacaagcc atttttctat 120 ctctgtgtgt gtccatgtgt attaaggtgc atccgtgtgt gtgatacaca cgtaggtgca 180 tggcatgcat gtgtgtgcaa atgcatatac aagtccaagg acaggggttg gggatttagc 240 tcantggtag agcacttgcc tangaagcgc aaggccctgg gttcggtccc cagctccgaa 300 aaaaagaacc aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaatt tccanggaca accccaaatt 360 tcctttcncn aaanccancc ancttccatt naaaaaaaan gggtcncncn tgggttaaac 420 catttnnaaa nggcnaacct nacnggccak tgaktgccag gaatcttctt atycctgccc 480 wacctccaat gtctttcaca tgtgaatgct gagggtcaga acttgtgctt acaaggcaga 540 cattttgcca gctctccggc catctttctc tatgtatgta cactcacaga tgcacaggaa 600 gagagggtag agaagccaag aggcaaagtc atttctgggt ggtgggtggg atcacagctg 660 aattcttctt cctcatttgc tctgtgtgta ttatttaatt ttaaaataat acctttataa 720 tagtatcgaa actatgcttt caagtttgta agagaaagtg atcactgggc tgtgtagtga 780 gggggtcttt atattatgca tataacatgg tgcaatggga aggactggca gaggcctcca 840 tgatgaccta tgacttctag ggagactcag tcgtgtcaag ggtacattcc tactctgcag 900 acagcttctc cctggtttga ttcctgtgct gggaagattt gaggagtctt ccagcctgac 960 ctcttctaca gtgggcctgg actttaagga gagtagcaag gaagtctttt tattaatctc 1020 ttacccttta ggcagcagtg tcaagtactt ttagcagaat taaatataga tttcctacaa 1080 actacaaact tcaaagccct ggtttatcct tgggtgggag taggagatgg agggccaggg 1140 tcagggcact gcacttggga tctttacttg agggtactca acgcttggta gtaacaaaaa 1200 gtggggtgag tgacaatgtt aattttcaac tgggaggtag cccaggcttg ggtactttgg 1260 agccagaaag cctgggctga ctcacagaag tggtgctctc tctygyagcc tataaggagw 1320 wgatgaagga actcccacta gtgtctctgt tctgctcctg ttttctgtct gatccccygr 1380 ataaatcatc ctacaaatat gaaggtgagt aggggctagg ctgggataga aaagggtgga 1440 ggcttctgtg tcctgtgttt gtsggtgccc cacattgact cctatcttgt aaaactgtcc 1500 tggtcgcagt gtgtcttatt tcccagaggc tgaggagtct gagcccaggg ggatgtagcc 1560 tgggtgccaa gcagcctcca gggatctgga ttgggccctc ctggagcact tgctcctaga 1620 gtcccttttr cacattcctt gacaccacag aggacaccag gataagccag acacaagttt 1680 tgagattcca ttcatggagg cccagaacag aaaaagaaaa cttagtgtgt tcaccagggc 1740 ttctagggac aggtagagat gctcctagac aggtccaggg tgggaatagc acttctaacc 1800 tggatggtga cagttcgagc ccctagaccc tatcagagag tactggattg tcatgctgtc 1860 aggaggagtg gtcaggggac agataggtca tctcttcatt tctgtttgcc aggaagggat 1920 gggtttggtc tgtcaataag agagatgggt gtttggatga cctgagtctg ttttttccat 1980 ttaggctggt gtgggagaca gtgtaggagg aaaggtcaaa gccagcggaa aggcagtgct 2040 gactggagag aaagaagaga acagggtagg ccggagccag gggagaggtc cacaagccat 2100 cagagggaca gggcaaggag gggctggcgg tggggatggg tgaaatgaac tggtgtctgt 2160 caccagcgag gaacaacagc agctggtgct atcacaaatc acagctccct gcttaccctg 2220 taaaagccat tgaccttagg gtccaacgtt caggatcgac cagaccccta gtcattggtg 2280 tgccttggga ccctcagctt tcctgtgtct gtgtgcatgt acacatgctc attggggccc 2340 cagctgctcc tcagaaggtg agcagcccca actctgccct ccatagcaga tacggtagac 2400 ctgaactggt gtgtcatctc tgatatggaa gtcatcgagc tgagtaagtg tacctcgggc 2460 cagtcctttg aagtcatcct gaagccacct tcctttgacg gggtgcctga gtttaaagcc 2520 tccctcccaa gacgtcgaga cccatcgcta gaagagatac agaagaagct agaagcagca 2580 gaggagcgaa ggaaggttag tgtagcccca tgtcacttcc tcccatccca gcgggagcag 2640 gaagtgcagc tccatatctc ttcctcccat cccagtggga gtgggaagga tatttagaca 2700 gcacctcctg agtgctgggc atagaccggt agttctcaac cttcttagtg ctgtaaccct 2760 taatatatat atatatatat atatatatat atatatatat agttcctcat gttgtgatta 2820 ccccccatac cataaactta tcccgttgct ctttatgtct tcataattat aattttgcta 2880 ctgttatgaa ttgtgataca actatcagac ctgcaccccc taatggcagc agcccacgtg 2940 ttgagaacca ctggcataga tgtagactaa gataccacct gaaggggaca agactatgac 3000 tatgcactgg gtgagcttac agtgtggcta atggctaaaa tgtcacagtc ctcacaaagc 3060 tgcctttgta tgcagcttcc ttgttcccca ttgattctmg tccstcagct cagatgccca 3120 ttttaatgtg agtgtttctt nacctttcag aaanacaaaa caaaacaacc cagctttctc 3180 cactnaattg tgtggtccct ccctttaaat atccaaagca tttatcacac ccaggtctgg 3240 ngtccantat ntattgatat gcgtgtttat ttnnactagg gcaattntct ccnttccctg 3300 gtgtctggag ttgtgagggc cttgaggttt atagaagatc acttagtact tgtgaatgaa 3360 cgcgaggaaa aggagaaaag agactcagaa gctacttngg aaagggctac naaagccaaa 3420 tatgacggaa aggtttgcag tccatgncgt tgttctctgc ttctgggaca gaggaccagg 3480 ttcatctcat ctgggcatgg cactgttcag ctgtggtggt agaaatccac tctaaagggt 3540 cnttctcttt cttttgntgc cctagtacca ggaagctgag ctcctaaaac accttgcaga 3600 gaaacgagag catgagcgtg aggtaatcca gaaagctatc gaggaaaaca acaacttcat 3660 caagatggcg aaagagaagc tggcccagaa gatggagtcc aataaggaaa accgggaggc 3720 ccatctggct gccatgttgg agcggctgca agagaaggta agaggtcctg gattggcagg 3780 aggctccttc catggcaaga acgtgcaacc tacacatcac tctggaggaa gcggcctatg 3840 caggaattga aatgtttcta ccaggcaggg tcctcattgt tctaagggga agatttggga 3900 agtcataggc aagaagctca caccaaaccc tgggtggcct ccggggatct tctanggttt 3960 tgaaccggaa attctgcact gtctcangag cttgctcaca cccttctttt ctaaagaaag 4020 cccgcccagt gcaagtatct aaggagaggc acatgtctac acatttctgg cttcatcatt 4080 gaatgggcag atttgggtta gtgaaagata cagtcagctt ggctttgagc canggataca 4140 gcaagctcgg ttgccaatac agcaggatac aggattctcc ccagagctcc tcgtaagggc 4200 cagagagtan taggttttcc tcaatagtct gcctttgtca ataactcaaa tgtcacctgc 4260 atctgagcgg tgtgcgagac tggggttggt cctccatgtt attctttgga agacgtgctg 4320 acctcatttc ctgagtccca ggctgcctac gtttctcctg cagctcctgg gaagctttag 4380 ctctgtgttt tatttccaag gagccgcctg ctgcgcggtg actcccggga csgatcggtg 4440 gcctcgtccc atggtgagca gcgtggtcct tattccttcc tgcctaccca cctaaaacct 4500 caggcccttg acaattacca cagaaagatc tggcttcatc cagggatgtg agcagcacag 4560 gctggccagt aggtggcagc cctgtgctca tgttcaatta caggagggac agcaaggctt 4620 ctttctccac tgagtgcctt gggggaggga cacaatctga gtgtgacttt gggctcctcc 4680 agttaatgag agatactgta agaaaactta agattgcctt tactttttat accaggtctc 4740 atgcattcca ggctggcctc aaattggcta aattgctgag gctagccttg gaattcttat 4800 cattttgtct tcacctccaa gtgcagggat tacaggcatg tgctgccaag cctattcaat 4860 gcaggtttgg ggcttgaacc cagggctctg tgcatgcaag ctaggcactc tgccaacagt 4920 gccatagccc caactcaagg caaattcttg aggaaaccac agatagaatg ggagagttat 4980 gggattgcag actcagctta aaatacatca caaagttagg ttgtgttgaa gcacttgaat 5040 gtttgtttat ataacgattc tattttatca taactcggtc atcacaagtt tacaaggcaa 5100 acattcttag tccagataag gaaaccattc tagaggtcaa atgattccag agattnacag 5160 ggtatacgac aatanattgg ccctggccnc taatcaatgg ctgcttcttg ccgggtaaag 5220 aaaacatcca atataancca cnnctttcan agcaanaatt tcaaagacaa caagcagggc 5280 aaaaccaggg tccaaagcaa ccact 5305 35 796 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(796) n = A, T, G, or C 35 tgggcgggaa agcagtttgt cttgttgntg aattatgtta nnaagcaaat gaagttatct 60 tccaacacat gtgagggagt ccattgtctg gagtcaagca ntatttccca acagttctct 120 gtcagtacat aacgcaaggt cctccttcag tcagagattt aagacaacac taaagagatg 180 gagagaaata acacatctgt ggtgtgtcag ggacgctggc aatgggctga tcttttccca 240 ttcnttntaa actggctgtc ccaaagggcc cnttgtattt agtcaagtga ccattccaag 300 cgccagaatg accagtggag gtgcagagag cntagggtgt cttggggtcg ctgtgaggtg 360 ggtcccctgc aggatgtcta tgcacttgca ggcttataca cctgtgtccc gcgtnttact 420 tgcctccttc cacccctctt aggatacctt cgccgacagc tctgctctgc ccgtggtgac 480 catcttttgc gctccattct cttgcccttt gtcttcccct ggcagccttg tgtgacccgc 540 ctttgtccct cccttcctct ccaggacaag cacgcagagg aggtgcggaa aaacaaggag 600 ctgaaggaag aggcctccag gtaaagccca gaggccaagg aagtttccag gacagccgga 660 cagctcccgc agcaacctgg ttccagcagc atcggctgct ggctgctctc ccagcactgg 720 ggttcggggg gaggggggtg gccaaagggg cgtttcctct gcttttggtg tttgtacatg 780 taaaagattg acctgt 796 36 214 PRT Eukaryote 36 Met Thr Leu Ala Ala Tyr Lys Glu Lys Met Lys Glu Leu Pro Leu Val 1 5 10 15 Ser Leu Phe Cys Ser Cys Phe Leu Ser Asp Pro Leu Asn Lys Ser Ser 20 25 30 Tyr Lys Tyr Glu Gly Trp Cys Gly Arg Gln Cys Arg Arg Lys Gly Gln 35 40 45 Ser Gln Arg Lys Gly Ser Ala Asp Trp Arg Glu Arg Arg Glu Gln Ala 50 55 60 Asp Thr Val Asp Leu Asn Trp Cys Val Ile Ser Asp Met Glu Val Ile 65 70 75 80 Glu Leu Asn Lys Cys Thr Ser Gly Gln Ser Phe Glu Val Ile Leu Lys 85 90 95 Pro Pro Ser Phe Asp Gly Val Pro Glu Phe Asn Ala Ser Leu Pro Arg 100 105 110 Arg Arg Asp Pro Ser Leu Glu Glu Ile Gln Lys Lys Leu Glu Ala Ala 115 120 125 Glu Glu Arg Arg Lys Tyr Gln Glu Ala Glu Leu Leu Lys His Leu Ala 130 135 140 Glu Lys Arg Glu His Glu Arg Glu Val Ile Gln Lys Ala Ile Glu Glu 145 150 155 160 Asn Asn Asn Phe Ile Lys Met Ala Lys Glu Lys Leu Ala Gln Lys Met 165 170 175 Glu Ser Asn Lys Glu Asn Arg Glu Ala His Leu Ala Ala Met Leu Glu 180 185 190 Arg Leu Gln Glu Lys Asp Lys His Ala Glu Glu Val Arg Lys Asn Lys 195 200 205 Glu Leu Lys Glu Glu Ala 210 37 3976 DNA Eukaryote CDS (51)...(1790) 37 cggcgatggc ggcggctgct gtggtggcag cgacggtccc cgcgcagtcg atg ggc 56 Met Gly 1 gcg gac ggc gcg tcc tcc gtg cac tgg ttc cgc aaa gga cta cgg ctc 104 Ala Asp Gly Ala Ser Ser Val His Trp Phe Arg Lys Gly Leu Arg Leu 5 10 15 cac gac aac ccc gcg ctg tta gct gcc gtg cgc ggg gcg cgc tgt gtg 152 His Asp Asn Pro Ala Leu Leu Ala Ala Val Arg Gly Ala Arg Cys Val 20 25 30 cgc tgc gtc tac atc ctc gac ccg tgg ttc gcg gcc tcc tcg tca gtg 200 Arg Cys Val Tyr Ile Leu Asp Pro Trp Phe Ala Ala Ser Ser Ser Val 35 40 45 50 ggc atc aac cga tgg agg ttc cta ctg cag tct cta gaa gat ctg gac 248 Gly Ile Asn Arg Trp Arg Phe Leu Leu Gln Ser Leu Glu Asp Leu Asp 55 60 65 aca agc tta aga aag ctg aat tcc cgt ctg ttt gta gtc cgg ggt cag 296 Thr Ser Leu Arg Lys Leu Asn Ser Arg Leu Phe Val Val Arg Gly Gln 70 75 80 cca gct gat gtg ttc cca agg ctt ttc aag gaa tgg ggg gtg acc cgc 344 Pro Ala Asp Val Phe Pro Arg Leu Phe Lys Glu Trp Gly Val Thr Arg 85 90 95 ttg acc ttt gaa tat gac tcc gaa ccc ttt ggg aaa gaa cgg gat gca 392 Leu Thr Phe Glu Tyr Asp Ser Glu Pro Phe Gly Lys Glu Arg Asp Ala 100 105 110 gcc att atg aag atg gcc aag gag gcg ggt gtg gag gtg gtg act gag 440 Ala Ile Met Lys Met Ala Lys Glu Ala Gly Val Glu Val Val Thr Glu 115 120 125 130 aac tct cac acc ctt tat gac tta gac aga atc atc gaa ctg aat ggg 488 Asn Ser His Thr Leu Tyr Asp Leu Asp Arg Ile Ile Glu Leu Asn Gly 135 140 145 cag aaa cca ccc ctt acc tac aag cgc ttt cag gct ctc atc agc cgt 536 Gln Lys Pro Pro Leu Thr Tyr Lys Arg Phe Gln Ala Leu Ile Ser Arg 150 155 160 atg gag ctg ccc aag aag cca gtg ggg gct gtg agc agc cag cat atg 584 Met Glu Leu Pro Lys Lys Pro Val Gly Ala Val Ser Ser Gln His Met 165 170 175 gag aac tgc aga gct gag atc cag gag aac cat gat gac acc tat ggc 632 Glu Asn Cys Arg Ala Glu Ile Gln Glu Asn His Asp Asp Thr Tyr Gly 180 185 190 gtg cct tcc tta gag gaa ctg gga ttc ccc aca gaa gga ctt ggc cca 680 Val Pro Ser Leu Glu Glu Leu Gly Phe Pro Thr Glu Gly Leu Gly Pro 195 200 205 210 gct gtt tgg caa gga gga gag aca gaa gct ctg gcc cgc ctg gat aag 728 Ala Val Trp Gln Gly Gly Glu Thr Glu Ala Leu Ala Arg Leu Asp Lys 215 220 225 cac ttg gaa cgg aag gcc tgg gtt gcc aac tat gag aga cct cgg atg 776 His Leu Glu Arg Lys Ala Trp Val Ala Asn Tyr Glu Arg Pro Arg Met 230 235 240 aat gcc aat tcc ttg ctg gcc agc ccc aca ggc ctc agc ccc tac ctg 824 Asn Ala Asn Ser Leu Leu Ala Ser Pro Thr Gly Leu Ser Pro Tyr Leu 245 250 255 cgc ttt ggc tgc ctc tcc tgc cgc ctc ttc tac tac cgc ctg tgg gac 872 Arg Phe Gly Cys Leu Ser Cys Arg Leu Phe Tyr Tyr Arg Leu Trp Asp 260 265 270 ttg tac aga aag gtg aag agg aac agc aca ccc ccc ctc tcc tta ttt 920 Leu Tyr Arg Lys Val Lys Arg Asn Ser Thr Pro Pro Leu Ser Leu Phe 275 280 285 290 gga caa ctc cta tgg cga gaa ttc ttc tat aca gcg gcc acc aac aac 968 Gly Gln Leu Leu Trp Arg Glu Phe Phe Tyr Thr Ala Ala Thr Asn Asn 295 300 305 ccc agg ttt gac cga atg gag ggg aac ccc atc tgc atc cag atc ccc 1016 Pro Arg Phe Asp Arg Met Glu Gly Asn Pro Ile Cys Ile Gln Ile Pro 310 315 320 tgg gac cgc aac ccc gaa gcc ctg gcc aag tgg gcc gag ggc aag aca 1064 Trp Asp Arg Asn Pro Glu Ala Leu Ala Lys Trp Ala Glu Gly Lys Thr 325 330 335 ggc ttc cct tgg att gac gcc atc atg acc caa ctg agg cag gag ggc 1112 Gly Phe Pro Trp Ile Asp Ala Ile Met Thr Gln Leu Arg Gln Glu Gly 340 345 350 tgg atc cac cac ctg gcc cgg cac gct gtg gcc tgc ttc ctc acc cga 1160 Trp Ile His His Leu Ala Arg His Ala Val Ala Cys Phe Leu Thr Arg 355 360 365 370 ggg gac ctc tgg gtc agc tgg gag agc ggg gtc cgg gta ttt gat gag 1208 Gly Asp Leu Trp Val Ser Trp Glu Ser Gly Val Arg Val Phe Asp Glu 375 380 385 ttg ctc ctg gat gca gat ttc agc gtg aat gca ggc agc tgg atg tgg 1256 Leu Leu Leu Asp Ala Asp Phe Ser Val Asn Ala Gly Ser Trp Met Trp 390 395 400 ctg tcc tgc agt gct ttc ttc caa cag ttc ttc cac tgc tac tgc cct 1304 Leu Ser Cys Ser Ala Phe Phe Gln Gln Phe Phe His Cys Tyr Cys Pro 405 410 415 gtg ggc ttt ggc cga cgc acg gac ccc agt ggg gac tac atc cgg cga 1352 Val Gly Phe Gly Arg Arg Thr Asp Pro Ser Gly Asp Tyr Ile Arg Arg 420 425 430 tac ctg ccc aaa ctg aaa ggc ttc ccc tct cga tat atc tat gag ccc 1400 Tyr Leu Pro Lys Leu Lys Gly Phe Pro Ser Arg Tyr Ile Tyr Glu Pro 435 440 445 450 tgg aat gct ccc gag tcg gtt cag aag gcc gct aag tgc atc att ggc 1448 Trp Asn Ala Pro Glu Ser Val Gln Lys Ala Ala Lys Cys Ile Ile Gly 455 460 465 gtg gac tac cca cgg ccc atc gtc aac cac gca gag act agt cgg ctc 1496 Val Asp Tyr Pro Arg Pro Ile Val Asn His Ala Glu Thr Ser Arg Leu 470 475 480 aac att gag cgg atg aag cag atc tac caa cag ctg tca cga tac cgg 1544 Asn Ile Glu Arg Met Lys Gln Ile Tyr Gln Gln Leu Ser Arg Tyr Arg 485 490 495 ggg ctc tgt ctg ttg gca tct gtc cct tcc tgt gta gaa gac ctc agt 1592 Gly Leu Cys Leu Leu Ala Ser Val Pro Ser Cys Val Glu Asp Leu Ser 500 505 510 cac cct gtg gca gag cct ggt tct agc cag gct ggg agc atc agc aac 1640 His Pro Val Ala Glu Pro Gly Ser Ser Gln Ala Gly Ser Ile Ser Asn 515 520 525 530 aca ggc ccc aga cca ctg tcc agt ggc cca gcc tcc ccc aaa cgc aag 1688 Thr Gly Pro Arg Pro Leu Ser Ser Gly Pro Ala Ser Pro Lys Arg Lys 535 540 545 ctg gaa gca gct gag gaa cct cca ggt gaa gaa ctg agc aag cgg gct 1736 Leu Glu Ala Ala Glu Glu Pro Pro Gly Glu Glu Leu Ser Lys Arg Ala 550 555 560 aga gtg aca gtg act cag atg cct gcc cag gag cca cca agc aag gac 1784 Arg Val Thr Val Thr Gln Met Pro Ala Gln Glu Pro Pro Ser Lys Asp 565 570 575 tcc tga gactggagag ccattgctcc gtgagcaaag cccaggtgcc tgagctgcca 1840 Ser * tggccacaga gaagacatgg aacctacaga gaagacagtc accaacagac agagcgagcg 1900 actgtgtgtg tgcagaggga ggtgtggtgt gccgtttgcg tgtgcatgca tctgtttaca 1960 ctctcatgat cctgaatgtt gcctgtgctg gaggagcccc tagatcatgc cttcttacca 2020 gggctgtttc ttgacttcca gacataagac tagaacccgc agcagtaacc gtcagcccaa 2080 atctgcccct gggagcccca atagggtggt aagaccctag cttgaattct ggtctctgcc 2140 tccccagact cttcttcctc cctcctttta acaaggagct ggagggccac atttttgact 2200 ctcatctaaa gcatggagtt tcagaggcag tcagagtcct gctgacttag ttcccacttt 2260 tctgacacta gaacctgagc aggctggaat agatgtgtcc tgttgatctt aaacagcctg 2320 gccagtcttc ttataaaatc ctgtgccatt aacaggcttc cctgatgtct aaggctacag 2380 actagtgtgt tgtgtgccca gtactgctta tgtcagcctc agacataata tcagtctttg 2440 tagaaccttc taaaaaaaac cacatgggga atagactccc agtcttctgt cccttcccta 2500 gcagctaagg tccagtctcg accttctaga agctgtggac aggctagggt ctgaactggt 2560 gaaagaaacc caggtcccac agctgcaggg cccctggttc ctctggctgt actcctgaca 2620 ccacatgctc cagccagtac tgctgatatc cagccaggca agctggacag cctggctggt 2680 cagcacctgc cctgcagtgt cagctgccca ggactgagct tccggagact cagacagact 2740 taggggtgga gcactgcctc tggcagttgg cgagaggtca gagaccatgc ctggcacatc 2800 aacatcttcg cagagcagca gtgaaggatt gacatagaga agtcaagcct tgctttccag 2860 gggagccaac tctccctccc actgttgggt catatggaga aagaagttat gaaaggatct 2920 gggggtacct gagcaagtct tccttccacc ccgtggcctg catttgagcc acagtgtgtg 2980 tgtgtgtgtg tgtgtgtgtg tgtgtgtgtg tgtgtgtgtg tgtgtgtgtg tgtgtgtaga 3040 gagagagaga gagagagaga gagagagaga gagagagaga gagagagaga gagagtttgt 3100 ttctgtttgg atttttgttc tcacatgtaa cattaagctg gcctctgggc cttttcctct 3160 ctacctcccc tgtgaccttt cctagcctca gagttgttaa tgcccttggc cctggccttt 3220 tttttgtgtc agaccagaac cctggggtca ggctcccccc tccagctgtc tagcacatct 3280 gacaggcttc tttttgagat ggcctcaggt tttctcagca gagagctgcc tttagtccaa 3340 ctgtttatgt tcatcatcct gactagaagc atcctacgat tgtgtgaaga aacggcatct 3400 gtgatgccat gttcagagtc atggggtgtg gcctccctgt ccctagcccc aggccaagag 3460 gaaagggcca aaggctcttg ctggagggac agtagaatgc gtctggagaa ctggtcccag 3520 aggagcaaag gcttattctg gggccagtat ttattttgca acatcttcag ctatggggac 3580 aatggccttc tctgcttttt tgatgatggc tctctcctca aggtacaagt tggcaaggtc 3640 atctgtcctt ccacctcctt gacatgttgg cccatttcca ggacagcctt ccagtgaatg 3700 gagcagacta ttccacagct gtgggataga gtgtcttgga gccctggaat gacttcatgc 3760 ctccttttgc ctagcctgag tggccctgag gactgtcaca gaacagtgcc ccatgtcctg 3820 ctcctgggcc cgagcatggg gaagagatgg ttgcaggcaa gagcacttta cagcattccc 3880 cattgctggg aaggttgttt ctcctacagt gtgtgaatac ttacctgttt tataaatgtc 3940 tgatcctgtc tgagtaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaa 3976 38 579 PRT Eukaryote 38 Met Gly Ala Asp Gly Ala Ser Ser Val His Trp Phe Arg Lys Gly Leu 1 5 10 15 Arg Leu His Asp Asn Pro Ala Leu Leu Ala Ala Val Arg Gly Ala Arg 20 25 30 Cys Val Arg Cys Val Tyr Ile Leu Asp Pro Trp Phe Ala Ala Ser Ser 35 40 45 Ser Val Gly Ile Asn Arg Trp Arg Phe Leu Leu Gln Ser Leu Glu Asp 50 55 60 Leu Asp Thr Ser Leu Arg Lys Leu Asn Ser Arg Leu Phe Val Val Arg 65 70 75 80 Gly Gln Pro Ala Asp Val Phe Pro Arg Leu Phe Lys Glu Trp Gly Val 85 90 95 Thr Arg Leu Thr Phe Glu Tyr Asp Ser Glu Pro Phe Gly Lys Glu Arg 100 105 110 Asp Ala Ala Ile Met Lys Met Ala Lys Glu Ala Gly Val Glu Val Val 115 120 125 Thr Glu Asn Ser His Thr Leu Tyr Asp Leu Asp Arg Ile Ile Glu Leu 130 135 140 Asn Gly Gln Lys Pro Pro Leu Thr Tyr Lys Arg Phe Gln Ala Leu Ile 145 150 155 160 Ser Arg Met Glu Leu Pro Lys Lys Pro Val Gly Ala Val Ser Ser Gln 165 170 175 His Met Glu Asn Cys Arg Ala Glu Ile Gln Glu Asn His Asp Asp Thr 180 185 190 Tyr Gly Val Pro Ser Leu Glu Glu Leu Gly Phe Pro Thr Glu Gly Leu 195 200 205 Gly Pro Ala Val Trp Gln Gly Gly Glu Thr Glu Ala Leu Ala Arg Leu 210 215 220 Asp Lys His Leu Glu Arg Lys Ala Trp Val Ala Asn Tyr Glu Arg Pro 225 230 235 240 Arg Met Asn Ala Asn Ser Leu Leu Ala Ser Pro Thr Gly Leu Ser Pro 245 250 255 Tyr Leu Arg Phe Gly Cys Leu Ser Cys Arg Leu Phe Tyr Tyr Arg Leu 260 265 270 Trp Asp Leu Tyr Arg Lys Val Lys Arg Asn Ser Thr Pro Pro Leu Ser 275 280 285 Leu Phe Gly Gln Leu Leu Trp Arg Glu Phe Phe Tyr Thr Ala Ala Thr 290 295 300 Asn Asn Pro Arg Phe Asp Arg Met Glu Gly Asn Pro Ile Cys Ile Gln 305 310 315 320 Ile Pro Trp Asp Arg Asn Pro Glu Ala Leu Ala Lys Trp Ala Glu Gly 325 330 335 Lys Thr Gly Phe Pro Trp Ile Asp Ala Ile Met Thr Gln Leu Arg Gln 340 345 350 Glu Gly Trp Ile His His Leu Ala Arg His Ala Val Ala Cys Phe Leu 355 360 365 Thr Arg Gly Asp Leu Trp Val Ser Trp Glu Ser Gly Val Arg Val Phe 370 375 380 Asp Glu Leu Leu Leu Asp Ala Asp Phe Ser Val Asn Ala Gly Ser Trp 385 390 395 400 Met Trp Leu Ser Cys Ser Ala Phe Phe Gln Gln Phe Phe His Cys Tyr 405 410 415 Cys Pro Val Gly Phe Gly Arg Arg Thr Asp Pro Ser Gly Asp Tyr Ile 420 425 430 Arg Arg Tyr Leu Pro Lys Leu Lys Gly Phe Pro Ser Arg Tyr Ile Tyr 435 440 445 Glu Pro Trp Asn Ala Pro Glu Ser Val Gln Lys Ala Ala Lys Cys Ile 450 455 460 Ile Gly Val Asp Tyr Pro Arg Pro Ile Val Asn His Ala Glu Thr Ser 465 470 475 480 Arg Leu Asn Ile Glu Arg Met Lys Gln Ile Tyr Gln Gln Leu Ser Arg 485 490 495 Tyr Arg Gly Leu Cys Leu Leu Ala Ser Val Pro Ser Cys Val Glu Asp 500 505 510 Leu Ser His Pro Val Ala Glu Pro Gly Ser Ser Gln Ala Gly Ser Ile 515 520 525 Ser Asn Thr Gly Pro Arg Pro Leu Ser Ser Gly Pro Ala Ser Pro Lys 530 535 540 Arg Lys Leu Glu Ala Ala Glu Glu Pro Pro Gly Glu Glu Leu Ser Lys 545 550 555 560 Arg Ala Arg Val Thr Val Thr Gln Met Pro Ala Gln Glu Pro Pro Ser 565 570 575 Lys Asp Ser 39 629 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(629) r = G or A y = C or T n = A,T,C or G 39 ttggcacaca agtctgtctt caggacagct gatccatttt acttacraat tcagaaagta 60 aacattggca gtatggatct ggttacttca tggtaactgc tctagaattt acgccaaggc 120 catctctttt gcctcactgt ttagtgaccg gagtaaagca tggggccact gaaactccac 180 tttacaattg ggcttctaaa tttaaggaaa aattttttga tttaaccaca actggattcc 240 aaagttcatc ttattcyaaa ttaggcccac tgagcctgtg atgttttgga atatatgatt 300 agtccacttg gttcactgga tgttacctat catgttatgt agagaaacag ccataactat 360 tggtcacgat gtcgtcctcc gaattgggaa tggctctgtt gttggaaaca aagtatttgt 420 aaacacgttg atcaaagcgg tgtgctttgg cctttccggg aatcactgat tatgtttgaa 480 aacttccttt aattgtattt gcaataagct attntccctt ntnatgncnc tgccatgctt 540 ccttgctttg cactgtggtc gcatgccatc ngctggttaa cccangatgg cttgctgcnc 600 tgatatncac catgcnaaat accacttct 629 40 2461 DNA Eukaryote 40 tgaattgcag taactagcct tgcctttcta ttctgtagaa atgacagggt cttcacaatc 60 cttcaccagt ggctactaag ctataattag ctgaatagaa agaatgtgga agtggtctga 120 ggcatataga gcatatgcca agaacactac catatatggc atcagctttg gttaccagag 180 aaattttctt agtcattaga ccatataaca gtaatatatc atatgtaaat ctttagattt 240 caatttgaga atcctccaaa aaaaaggagc aaagaatgca taagctatgt gttggcaaaa 300 gtaatttata ttaaaatttt gacctgcctt tgtaagatta agtggtaaat gtcatagtgg 360 tgggttttta cgtcttaacc aatctctgag gtttatttct cctgcagggg atggttcatg 420 gcctctcttc ccgctgtagg aagatagcag aaggatgagg attaattgta gcatttcact 480 gatcctcgtc ccagggacta gggacaatag aaatctgcaa acatggagag tctgtcataa 540 atatttgctt tttgaaggtg ttggtctttg ttgatttctg tcagaaaatg gcattataca 600 aattatgggg agcaaccaac ttttctgttc tgtttttgaa gtgctactat gaaccattca 660 gagtcgtatt tttttttttt aaaattttgg ccagatatcc ccagctaatg aaaaatagtc 720 accattcctt gaaaaagttg gaagctagaa cccccaattc caaattattg ttgaagatgt 780 ttctcaggct actgtatata gaaataatgt ttttaagaaa aatcaaagag aggagaaaaa 840 aaaaacctat gcagagaccc tactactttg tggtttctat tgtccctata catcatttca 900 gcaaatctac tggcagttct tgtcagcaag tccttcagtg catatgctgc acaaaacaaa 960 acaaaaatct gcatggcacc aaaaaccaaa caagcaaacc aaaaacccag acaccctatg 1020 tatctgttgg aggcatgtag gtggtacaaa tgactagcca tgagcacaca tggcttcttg 1080 tcatgtcact tttcataatt atttactgca aaatgattga gaggcttttg gtgcaggcag 1140 ccattagcct gcttcctttg ttacctctgg atcactttgc agtaaattgc aggtctttta 1200 aaagattcaa gcttcggttt tctcaaaaca aaacaattat cctgtcttac ctgaaaatgc 1260 agggttgtgg gcaaaagagg ctggttataa taatgccctc atattgagtg gtctgtaaat 1320 ggctgcacac ttcaggcact agagttgccg aggatgcgtt gttaatgtga ccttgactgg 1380 ctttacaggg gtgtagaaca gtctacacgg gcgactattt gcatccatct tgctctcgag 1440 gtggatggaa ataagaaaag gctggagtgt gtaagtcatg cacataagta ttcactgtaa 1500 attttatttt catttttaac ccaattatgg tactttgtcc aatgcacaac tgatctctca 1560 gtagatattc atttgaaaat agtgtggcct tgaccagcga gaaggggaag aagtgactta 1620 gcttgtgtta agatgacctg tttgctgaga gtggtcattc tgcagcaccc taatgtcatg 1680 gttttgatta gggagagtta atgtttttga ccctgaattg agttttcttc tatttttagg 1740 aagtatcaga attgctctga tgagtaacaa agttgactgt tttgatgtcc aatctcaggt 1800 tttaaaatag agtggtataa aagtccactg ttactaattc ttaagacaat tttgatttag 1860 tgtgccctaa aagtcacgtg cataataagg cctgctcaga gggcagggcc tccatctgtt 1920 tgctcctttc catgttgtac gcacttcact tgaaaaggtg tcaagtgact ttgcattgta 1980 gatttccatt ttaaccccaa catagttctc aaagataaag cactttttga acatgaaata 2040 catgggtaat gtgtgatgtg gatcatggtt tctcaggccc ctagataatc cacttctgag 2100 tattgttcta tgtaaggaga atagaggtct tcgctaatgt tcgagtttgt attcctgaat 2160 ggaatgcact tgctagtttc caatggatgg gagagtaaac actgctgcat tcacaattga 2220 tacgttgctt tcccttgagc cttaaggtaa cttttctttt ctgtcaacaa cagcactgaa 2280 gttctagtaa gtgaatgaga ttatctgttt tcagggttgg ttttagagta ctgtaaatta 2340 attagctgtc ttcctaaaga ggaactccct ttaactccct tcgatagact gaaagtgggt 2400 gtggggaggg ggagggaaga gagggaggta gtttgtagaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa 2460 a 2461 41 1131 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(1131) r = G or A n = A,T,C or G 41 ggccccccct anaaggtcga ggntatcgat aagcttnaat atcgaattcg gcacgaggcc 60 accaggtctt tgcattgtct ctttaaaagt ggtgtataag ggggaaattg gcaagacaga 120 catttctaaa cagaggggaa cacagacaga cagacagaca gacagacaca caaacacaca 180 aacacacaca cacacacaca cacacacaca cacacacaca cacacacaca cacacacaca 240 cacaccccag actgcgtatg tggcataaca tacagcttgc atgggaagca gccccctgcr 300 cattgcttat acatcctcga gtcctttcat cttttttcct aaaacgtgtg cacccgctat 360 aaagtgggtg atgggctcgt cagagctggg ctgattctgt ggccggtgac caccatgcct 420 caggtccctc aacctccatc acccatggcc caatccataa ctgccaccct tgaaaaccca 480 aagcagtctg agggtgctct ctgcctgtca ctcagaggcc tgggacgttg aacccaaaaa 540 agctaaactt atgaaagccg ggctgaaatg gggcccgggg cctgggatag ctcaggcagg 600 ggttttccac tctgatgttt ccactgggcc agttttgttt ctttgtctct attttctctg 660 ttcatcccgc tgagtgtttg tatccatgat gattccagca tgaagtacgt agcacactcc 720 agttaggaga aattttttaa agatacaaga ctagcgtggt ggtgagatga gatagtcttc 780 tcgtgctcgc agcaacctga aggggcaata aggacaaaga aggccatgtg gcagggttag 840 ccccctccag accaggggta caacggacag ttgtggtgag cctcggaaag gcaggggtaa 900 ccttccctct ccgttcttca cccatggcca gagcaaggca ggtagtgaaa gggatatgct 960 tgatgcagaa aagccagctc aggcatggca ggtgggattt atagctggtt ttgtttaaag 1020 cgaaggcctg atatttgata aatgcagtaa ccagcggttg agagtgacaa gcccttaaat 1080 gcgaacatta atcaaaggag aacttaaacg gcccccttta cagaaggact t 1131 42 1473 DNA Eukaryote 42 cgagtttttt ttttttatgt actttgaaaa tatatttaaa aacattaaaa attctatatt 60 taaaacatat attatatgtt aattggtaca cttaaataga acctgtattt acaataggct 120 tctgatgtgg ttaagtttta atgccaattt ttttttcaat aacataatta tataaatata 180 ctaaaataca ataaatattt ttcttgtttt acatggtgaa taatatcttt accatagaga 240 gaacaaggcc acagacattt acttacagtt tcaatgggaa tcactataaa aagcatcagg 300 cctgctgcca tgcatgaaac acttctgcca aaaagagacc acagcaagac tttcagaaca 360 gaacagaaca gaacaggacg gaaacagaac gaacagaaac agaggagaga ttttaacaaa 420 tcaatctcag gtcaacataa accaccgaca tggagctatg atgtatctta gtgggtatga 480 gagccagcca ctgaccacac agttgcggag ggtctcctat gaagccacct aatcgacctg 540 gcccttcgaa taccgtgaga ttgtgatggg gctcctttta tttgtttgac taacgtctct 600 cagaatgaag ctgcaaaaag ttagcatata gcagatattc aaagcattcc ttaataggtt 660 aaaaatgatg acagagatta atgttgtcaa acggcacaaa acaatctagg ctacgtgaag 720 tcttccaaaa acaggggatt cagtgggact ccagaagaca gactagttct aaaggaacag 780 ttgaacaaaa agaaactatt tgctgatggt atcttcactc cctgagtcac agtggacagc 840 cactttgttt caccctttcc actcctaaga tgaagcaatt gtttgcctct ttttctgatg 900 cccaggagcc cagtcaggta accactaaca cattcgcgct ggcggaaaac ctcactaggg 960 aaatgggctt aacactagtt ctcattgggg ccattcattc aggcttccag cttgacttct 1020 cctaacccca agaggtaaag tgtagaaggg acccttgtgc tgaatggaca gaactatcag 1080 gagctttctg tgctcttcac ttaagcagta tttcctcctg tgttcttgtc tctttcacag 1140 tgaaagcacc ttcctatgcc ttgtcattct agcccttaca gacagacatt gctcattctg 1200 cctaagtttt ggtgcttttt ctggttttgt ttgtttgttt tcttctttct tttttccttt 1260 caccaaaatg tctcaaaaaa ataaataaat aaaacctagg cttcctgaag tctaagcgca 1320 aagaaagtta agtctcttca cagcaaacat ttcccatcat gctgcactga tagcatcact 1380 gctatgccat atttggatcc aaagctgctc caggttaatc caactttatc cataattatt 1440 taaaatggga tggaggccat aaatggattt gag 1473 43 326 DNA Eukaryote 43 agtctgggac taaaacgtca cagcagaaaa aaaataaaaa aaaataattt gctttttctt 60 tctttcattt agcagcataa ataagtttgg ccactgggag tacagtacag gggtgggaca 120 acgatcccgt atttgaagac ctacttctag caccagcatc aagaactaaa tccacctcag 180 gactcacaga acccaggaca acttgccatc tttgagcaac atatgcattg aagagtgtat 240 atagaagcaa cagtaaatag attaacagag gctaatactg tgattgattg acattggcaa 300 tggttggcaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaa 326 44 429 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(429) n = A,T,C or G 44 acttgataaa attgtatttt tttttctaca gtcatttgta caatttgtta caaaaccata 60 gaagactaca acttgtttta aatcattttt ggtctgcaaa tatgtaaaat ctgtggtgca 120 attatcatgt atttacaggg ccttgttagt cattttcaat gattatttca acaatgtcac 180 actctcaaca taagacatgg cttaagacaa atatattagt acatanatat tctgagaaca 240 tatttccatn aatggaaagt ngctgctaat acanatacag aatatacata agntgttttc 300 tagcttttta aaacagtttt taaaatggna angtgaaaaa agagccccta ggancatttt 360 atcccaaaaa aatccttacn aaatattnaa ggggccaggg ggggaattaa aaatctaaaa 420 anggtggtc 429 45 1210 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(1210) r = G or A m = A or C s = G or C w = A or T 45 aargggrcca ccccaccgsg ctaaaggccc aggggccccc cccttggagm cccaggggtt 60 ttggcccmcc ccctcaccca aatggtctgc caatgaccca ggtactcaca acatgttcca 120 ggaggagmct ggggccagga ttttgaccag agggtatggg aagggaaagg ggagaagaaa 180 tcgacattta tttttattat ttattttaaa tgtttacawt ttctttgtgt tgttccaagc 240 cctgaataga aacagatagc attaaaggac tctgttccca ccccttctct gtctctctct 300 cccccacttg tgctaactta ggataacact ctctatttcg ttttgtttct aaagtgattt 360 gtggacttgt gccgtgtgaa ctgcattaaa aaggttctgt tttcaaagat cgattgtcgt 420 tcctgtgggg acagtggctc ctaagaaatc tgcattgtag gagaagacaa tgaaagaccc 480 tggccctgtc tctcaaaact taactctctg tatgatttaa aaaaaaattc catttacttt 540 actttgtggt tacttgattt tgaggaagaa aatattcaac tttgtataaa gactaggtat 600 cagggtttct tttgcagtgg gagttgtata tatatcgtat tttggtatat cgtagaaact 660 caagctttat gcatccgtat ttgggatatg tcaatgacgt gcagtgaaat ttgctattag 720 accctggagg caaacgagtt gtacaaggtt ttatggctcc atggggaatt ctaatttcct 780 ttctggggac cttttgtccc gtttttacag taatggtgaa atggtcctag gagggtctct 840 ctagtcgaat tctccaggca ggaccacgtg ctcaaaaaat ctttgtatag ttttaaattt 900 ttgaggagta tctctgctca gaagcatctg tggtggtgtg tgttgcgttg ttctgtgtac 960 tgtgtgtgac acaagcctac agtatttgca ctaaggaaag ctgtttagag cttgctgcta 1020 tggagggaag aacatattaa aacttatttt ccctcggggw ttrtwcwmgt tttatgtwct 1080 tgttgtcttg ttggctttcc tactttccac tgagtagcat tttgtagaat aaaatgaatt 1140 aagatcagmw rwrwrmaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa 1200 aaaaaaaaaa 1210 46 700 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(700) n = A,T,C or G 46 aattccccat ggagccataa aaccttgtac aactcgtttg cctccagggt ctaatagcaa 60 atttcactgc acgtcattga catatcccaa atacggatgc ataaagcttg agtttctacg 120 atataccaaa atacgatata tatacaactc ccactgcaaa agaaaccctg atacctagtc 180 tttatacaaa gttgaatatt ttcttcctca aaatcaagta accacaaagt aaagtaaatg 240 gaattttttt taaatcatac agagagttaa gttttgagag acagggccag ggtctttcat 300 tgtcttctcc tacaatgcag atttcttagg agccactgtc cccacaggaa cgacaatcga 360 tctttgaaaa cagaaccttt ttaatgcagt tcacacggca caagtccaca aatcactttn 420 gaaacaaaac gaaatagaga gtgttatcct aagtnagcac aagtgggggn gagngagaca 480 gagaaggggt gggaacagag tcctttaatg cnatctgttt ctattcaggc ttggaacaac 540 acaaagaaat gtaaacattt agnataaata atagaataaa tgtcgggttc ttctcccctg 600 tcccttccca tacccnctgg caaaatctgn cccaggtcct cccggaacat ggtgngagta 660 cctgggtcca ttgnagncca tttggngagg gcgtggccaa 700 47 3316 DNA Eukaryote CDS (94)...(993) 47 ggcacgagcc gaggctcagc acagcacgga taggggcgcg gagcgcactg agaaccctac 60 tttcccgtga gcccgagccc ggcaaatggg cga atg aag aag gag agc agg gac 114 Met Lys Lys Glu Ser Arg Asp 1 5 atg gac tgc tat ctg cgt cgc ctc aaa cag gag ctg atg tcc atg aag 162 Met Asp Cys Tyr Leu Arg Arg Leu Lys Gln Glu Leu Met Ser Met Lys 10 15 20 gag gtg ggg gat ggc tta cag gat cag atg aac tgc atg atg ggt gca 210 Glu Val Gly Asp Gly Leu Gln Asp Gln Met Asn Cys Met Met Gly Ala 25 30 35 ctt caa gaa ctg aag ctc tta cag gtg cag aca gca ttg gaa cag ctg 258 Leu Gln Glu Leu Lys Leu Leu Gln Val Gln Thr Ala Leu Glu Gln Leu 40 45 50 55 gag atc tct gga ggc gcg ccc acc ttc agc tgc cct aag agc tca cag 306 Glu Ile Ser Gly Gly Ala Pro Thr Phe Ser Cys Pro Lys Ser Ser Gln 60 65 70 gaa cag acc gag tgc cct cgc tgg cag ggt agt gga ggg cct gct ggg 354 Glu Gln Thr Glu Cys Pro Arg Trp Gln Gly Ser Gly Gly Pro Ala Gly 75 80 85 ctt gct gcc tgt ccc tcc tcc agt caa cca tct ttt gac ggc agc ccc 402 Leu Ala Ala Cys Pro Ser Ser Ser Gln Pro Ser Phe Asp Gly Ser Pro 90 95 100 aag ttt cca tgc cgt agg agt atc tgt ggg aag gag ctg gct gtc ctt 450 Lys Phe Pro Cys Arg Arg Ser Ile Cys Gly Lys Glu Leu Ala Val Leu 105 110 115 ccc aag acc cag atg cca gag gac cag agc tgt acc caa caa ggg ata 498 Pro Lys Thr Gln Met Pro Glu Asp Gln Ser Cys Thr Gln Gln Gly Ile 120 125 130 135 gag tgg gtg gag cca gat gac tgg acc tcc acg ttg atg tca cgg ggc 546 Glu Trp Val Glu Pro Asp Asp Trp Thr Ser Thr Leu Met Ser Arg Gly 140 145 150 aga aat cgg cag cct ctg gtg ttg gga gac aat gtt ttc gca gac ctg 594 Arg Asn Arg Gln Pro Leu Val Leu Gly Asp Asn Val Phe Ala Asp Leu 155 160 165 gtg ggc aac tgg cta gac tta cca gaa ctg gaa aag ggc ggg gag agg 642 Val Gly Asn Trp Leu Asp Leu Pro Glu Leu Glu Lys Gly Gly Glu Arg 170 175 180 ggt gag act ggg gga tcc ggt gaa ccc aaa gga gaa aaa ggt cag tcc 690 Gly Glu Thr Gly Gly Ser Gly Glu Pro Lys Gly Glu Lys Gly Gln Ser 185 190 195 aga gag ctg ggt cgt aag ttt gcc cta act gca aac att ttt agg aag 738 Arg Glu Leu Gly Arg Lys Phe Ala Leu Thr Ala Asn Ile Phe Arg Lys 200 205 210 215 ttc ttg cgt agt gtg cgg cct gac cga gac cgg ctg ctc aag gag aag 786 Phe Leu Arg Ser Val Arg Pro Asp Arg Asp Arg Leu Leu Lys Glu Lys 220 225 230 cct ggt tgg atg act cct atg gtt tct gag tca cga gca gga cgc tcg 834 Pro Gly Trp Met Thr Pro Met Val Ser Glu Ser Arg Ala Gly Arg Ser 235 240 245 aag aaa gtc aag aag agg agc ctt tct aag ggc tcg gga cgg ttc cct 882 Lys Lys Val Lys Lys Arg Ser Leu Ser Lys Gly Ser Gly Arg Phe Pro 250 255 260 ttt tcc agc aca gga gag ccc aga cat att gaa acc ccg gcc aca agc 930 Phe Ser Ser Thr Gly Glu Pro Arg His Ile Glu Thr Pro Ala Thr Ser 265 270 275 agt ccc aag gct tta gaa ccc tcc tgt agg ggc ttt gac att aac aca 978 Ser Pro Lys Ala Leu Glu Pro Ser Cys Arg Gly Phe Asp Ile Asn Thr 280 285 290 295 gct gtt tgg gtc tga attcgagaga tgctcactga cctaaaatgc agacttgtga 1033 Ala Val Trp Val * gggccctggg ggagggtggg cagatggcat ggtcttcagg ccagatgcaa gttcccatcc 1093 tcagaaagaa agcagagttc ttagtcaggc ctcagtagaa cagtggagag aggctgtcac 1153 aggccaggct gagctgagtc cctggagaga atgtgtgtat ttgtgtgtgt gtgtgtgtgt 1213 gtgtgtgtgt gtgtgtgtgt gtgtgtgtat gtgtgtgtgt atgcgtgtgc atgcactgtt 1273 gttgttagag gctggatgtg acaataattg ggagaggcag gaaaggagtc caggacaagc 1333 ctatgatatt cctccattac cttacccaag acctcatttg aacattctat atgcaaaggg 1393 gcatttagcc ctcaggtttc ccagaggaac tcccaataaa gacctgtctc agggaccccc 1453 aaccattttt taatggtctg cttccctgac aaggcactga tgcaggcaag gggtttgttt 1513 ttgttttaag ggttggtatc ccagaatgga gcaccggaaa taggaaaatc cctatttata 1573 gcccttccta ggaccaagat ttcacccatg gctgggtgct ggggacgcag aacaagcaga 1633 ggggtgtgcg tgcgtgcgtg cgtgcgtgcg tgcatgtggt gttgaggaag cctgagatgc 1693 tcccagatct ctaaagtgca gaggagaagc aatgtgcgtt caccccggtg attccataag 1753 cagccatctc tgagagcaca ctcggctgcc aggaggaaaa acaggtcagg ccaatctcat 1813 ggttatcaat ggaccctaga gtcatacgct gcctggtcca gcagtgagag cccatcctga 1873 ctccctgttg cctatcttaa tgctcctgca gggcagcaga tggttggggt gaacccagag 1933 ataataccca tacattgaga acatttctta gtctacatct catagtcatt cagcgaactg 1993 gacacatcta cccgcatcac cctggaggtc aacaggggac cctgagggtg gggctgatgc 2053 caggcacttt atatagtgag caggcgtgca agtctgggac ccagggaatc catctcagcc 2113 cccacccctt agccaggaga gaacaaagta ggcccctgtt caagcccagc tcggaggctg 2173 ccttagctcc tccttcgccc cctcctgcag acccagctca gcttgatgag gtgtgacaac 2233 tgcaattaga ggcaagccgc ctgctgcccc cagagcatta agagcaaatt agagaagaaa 2293 aatcacaaga gaagctcttc tgcctgcagt ctagactccc aggggactgg gtggaggaag 2353 gaagagctta gggcataggg atgaggaggt aaaagtaaca gcaggaaggg tcacctgcaa 2413 gttcccacgc agttaaatga taggtggcct tttttttttt tttttaatct gtagcttttt 2473 gtcaggcaat gtgcctatct ctttcagaac aattaatcag tggggtcaaa gggccctgcc 2533 atgctggctg cccccatcag gctactcaaa aaggaaagca gttccaagct ccagcctgtg 2593 ggcatcaggc ctatctgctc tggcctggtg tttatcagct aggctcgctc tttctggtca 2653 aatgggtcct catccattct gtccccactg aacttctgtc tctggtgaag gaaggtaact 2713 gtagctgcct ctgatggctg ctgcaatgtg tgtggagaat gaacatgtga aaaccccaca 2773 ccctgaaggg tggcacatat gacacattta ctcaagagga cacaggactg ggacggtgta 2833 ggaagccaac tcatttgttt tgtggactag tcactgttca cattatttaa atcgactgac 2893 gtgacagact ccttctttga ctgggcactg tgacagaagg agagaactca gcaatgggaa 2953 agctggcctc cacagctacc aaggcacaca aagaaatcca gttaaccacc acctggccag 3013 aaaagggtca agggaccaaa acaaaatgat tagcaagtaa ttttggcttc taagagaacc 3073 cacaggtgtc tgtcaccttg atctttattt ttctgctaca cccaggaaat ggttgctcat 3133 tttacccagt agactcggag aagttaatgc tttcaaggtc acacagtaca aagctgggat 3193 tgaaacagtt tgtaactgac ttccaatctt gtgttcatgc tacctggcaa actgtccata 3253 tttgctccac agccagatcc agaataacat ttgtctcctc tcgtgcaaaa aaaaaaaaaa 3313 aaa 3316 48 299 PRT Eukaryote 48 Met Lys Lys Glu Ser Arg Asp Met Asp Cys Tyr Leu Arg Arg Leu Lys 1 5 10 15 Gln Glu Leu Met Ser Met Lys Glu Val Gly Asp Gly Leu Gln Asp Gln 20 25 30 Met Asn Cys Met Met Gly Ala Leu Gln Glu Leu Lys Leu Leu Gln Val 35 40 45 Gln Thr Ala Leu Glu Gln Leu Glu Ile Ser Gly Gly Ala Pro Thr Phe 50 55 60 Ser Cys Pro Lys Ser Ser Gln Glu Gln Thr Glu Cys Pro Arg Trp Gln 65 70 75 80 Gly Ser Gly Gly Pro Ala Gly Leu Ala Ala Cys Pro Ser Ser Ser Gln 85 90 95 Pro Ser Phe Asp Gly Ser Pro Lys Phe Pro Cys Arg Arg Ser Ile Cys 100 105 110 Gly Lys Glu Leu Ala Val Leu Pro Lys Thr Gln Met Pro Glu Asp Gln 115 120 125 Ser Cys Thr Gln Gln Gly Ile Glu Trp Val Glu Pro Asp Asp Trp Thr 130 135 140 Ser Thr Leu Met Ser Arg Gly Arg Asn Arg Gln Pro Leu Val Leu Gly 145 150 155 160 Asp Asn Val Phe Ala Asp Leu Val Gly Asn Trp Leu Asp Leu Pro Glu 165 170 175 Leu Glu Lys Gly Gly Glu Arg Gly Glu Thr Gly Gly Ser Gly Glu Pro 180 185 190 Lys Gly Glu Lys Gly Gln Ser Arg Glu Leu Gly Arg Lys Phe Ala Leu 195 200 205 Thr Ala Asn Ile Phe Arg Lys Phe Leu Arg Ser Val Arg Pro Asp Arg 210 215 220 Asp Arg Leu Leu Lys Glu Lys Pro Gly Trp Met Thr Pro Met Val Ser 225 230 235 240 Glu Ser Arg Ala Gly Arg Ser Lys Lys Val Lys Lys Arg Ser Leu Ser 245 250 255 Lys Gly Ser Gly Arg Phe Pro Phe Ser Ser Thr Gly Glu Pro Arg His 260 265 270 Ile Glu Thr Pro Ala Thr Ser Ser Pro Lys Ala Leu Glu Pro Ser Cys 275 280 285 Arg Gly Phe Asp Ile Asn Thr Ala Val Trp Val 290 295 49 949 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(949) r = A or G y = T or C m = A or C k = G or T s = G or C w = A or T b = G, C, or T; not A d = A, G, or T; not C h = A, C, or T; not G v = A, G, or C; not T n = A, T, G, or C 49 tttktttkta attttttttt tttnatttgg gttgattcct tgtnttttan ttgccaaatn 60 ttaccgatca ntgancaaag caagcacagc caaaatcgga cctcacctta attccgtctt 120 cacacaaaaa taaaaaaacg gcaaactcac ccccattttt aattttgttt ttaattttac 180 ttacttattt tatttattta ttttttggca aaaaaatctc aggaatggcc ctgggccacc 240 tactatatta atcattttga taacatgaaa aatgatgggc tcctcctaat gaaaaascaa 300 ggaaaggaaa aggccagggg aatgagctca aaattgatgc ccacktgggg agcatctggt 360 gaataatcgc tcacktcttt cttccacagt accttgtttt gatcatttcc acagcacatt 420 tctcctccar aaacscgaaa aacacaascg tktgggttct gcatttttaa ggataarara 480 raraaagagg ttgggtatag taggacaggt tgtcagaaga gatgctgcta tggtcacgag 540 gggccggttt cacctgctat tgttgtcgcc tccttcagtt ccactgcctt tatgtcccct 600 cctctctctt gttttagctg ttacacatac agtaatacct gaatatccaa cggtatagtt 660 cacaaggggg taatcaatgt taaatctaaa atagaattta aaaaaaaaag attttgacat 720 aaaagagcct tgattttaaa aaaaaaagag agagatgtaa tttaaaaagt ttattataaa 780 ttaaattcag caaaaatttg ctacaaagta tagagaagta taaaataaaa gttatyhgtt 840 tcaaamtavc dtrtcgamct cvtcvabccc grggaakccm ctaskkcbar hscggccccc 900 accscssysk akmtycatkc ttttgawwcc ctttagtgag ggttaanaa 949 50 785 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(785) n = A,T,C or G 50 cagcctctca ctctctngct ctctttctgt ctcttcctcg ctccctctct ttctctcctc 60 cctctgcctt cccagtgcat aaagtctctg tcgctcccgg aacttgttgg caatgcctat 120 ttttcagctt tcccccgcgt tctctaaact aactatttaa aggtctgcgg tcgcaaatgg 180 tttgactaaa cgtaggatgg gacttaagtt gaacggcaga tatatttcac tgatcctcgc 240 ggtgcaaata gcttacctgg tgcaggccgt gagagcagca ggcaagtgcg atgcagtctt 300 taagggcttt tcagactgtt tgctcaagct gggtgacagc atggccaact acccgcaggg 360 cctggacgac aagacgaaca tcaagaccgt gtgcacatac tgggaggatt tccacagctg 420 cacggtcaca gctcttacgg attgccagga aggggcgaaa gatatgtggg ataaactgag 480 aaaagaatcg aaaaacctca atatccaagg cagcttattc gaactctgcg gcagcggcaa 540 cggggcggcg gggtccctgc tcccggcgct ttccgtgctc ctggtgtctc tctcggcagc 600 tttagcgacc tggctttcct tctgagcacg gggccgggtc ccccctccgc tcacccaccc 660 acactcactc catgctcccg gaaaatcgag aggaaagagc cattcgttct ctaaggacgt 720 tgttgattct ctgttgatat tgaaaacact catatgggga ttgttgggna aatcctgttt 780 ctctc 785 51 782 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(782) y = C or T m = A or C k = G or T w = A or T n = A,T,C or G 51 aaaccnagaa cccccctttg nagaaccntt gtttcctttc aagcccaagg aaggcggggc 60 ccaacctttg gtgttntttg aacaggcctt gaacaggagg ntwaggagaa atttccggtt 120 gtggaacccc aacaggaacc ccttggcacc cctggcccca aggttgtgma actttggttt 180 gcttaatttg gaccgttttt gccttgagga ttcatgactt ttttttgkgc ccttgtgagc 240 caagatgttg ggttttccca tcaacawtaa taaccccttg ctttttgggg tgattcccct 300 ggggagtttc ctgatgaatt cccccacagc tcctggggtt ttcatcttgt tcttactgtt 360 gtctggatta ggagggcgga gagggtggac tccctgagac aagataagca ggtggagaca 420 tagaagaggg agggacattt aacatagtaa cattttcaga ggtgacagag atgatacacg 480 ggcagctgga mttttgtgaa ggacagagga gctggcagac ccacagggcc atacctttga 540 gggacaggtg aatggctggt taccagagac aggactggta gacagtcaag tacctcacta 600 cgatgtgcca agagatytgg gatcctggga aatgtgtgga gaagaggatt tgacactccc 660 cacccccaag gcccttcccc tttgctgaca gcattgctgt ggtcgtggcc tgttgccttg 720 tcctctgtcc ctgggtgggg cacaccctcc tgtgctgtgc ttgccttgtg catcaataaa 780 cc 782 52 1613 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(1613) r = G or A n = A,T,C or G 52 gcantttgga gttattgctt aaaaccaggn taaggcactt tgtcccacag gacccaggaa 60 tcntaaangg gttgaaattg ggncggggaa ccccaggata taatgcnact tttgttaggg 120 ggagagttca gctctaactg gtagtagtgt gaaagtaagc accttgactt caattttgga 180 aagcacttgg taaatggaga gaactttgga gtttccctat catctatatc agtctttgaa 240 cacaccctca agtcccagcc tcaaggctca ataaaggacc acatagcagg tctgaggctc 300 actgctctca gcccttaaca cagggcagtg gagagcaggg tgatcttccc tctctggagc 360 ttctccttgg ccttcttctc cacttgggct tctgctcagc agcagatata ttctgggttc 420 cataaggaat ccagctgtcc cagtggcttg accctgtcaa ggcaagatat caactctgag 480 gatgacccag tcatggagga agagagtgtg acaagatccg cagtttgaag caaaactgtg 540 tttggtcttt tcaagaaaca aatgggcaca ttgagttctg ttcagtgtca gaggatatct 600 ttccctttgc tcccagattt ccagaaatgg ataatgtttt catttctgtg ggaagggtca 660 agaaacataa aattgctcaa caatgcttgc ttcccttgag ggttgttgag caaaggccga 720 tatgcctccc tgcattctct tctacctcaa gattttggaa ttcaattctg gaacagaaat 780 ttatttacac aagaacactt gttgtcagcc ttggttactg tgggagttac ataagggtga 840 cagtctgtat cttctaartt aaacaggaac tgggctttgg cggcctattg acccagttta 900 tatctaaata taactgtggc tccaaatgat tggccaataa cattcccttt accttcaaag 960 ttttctccat cagtcatttc tgtggcagca cagttccaat gtcatatgcc cctgcaaatt 1020 gtgaaagtaa ttagtgacaa aataaccctc ccccctttca gtggccaaac tgtcagctgt 1080 agcagcgctg cgaaagcgag tactacacta tgtacggaaa gcctgttcct tatcacggac 1140 tagactcaag aaatgccatc tccgaacggt ggcattcaag gtggtagtcg tttgaatgga 1200 acagtcatct atgtggacat tgttaaagtg ttttaaagag tattttgaaa attaagttta 1260 cattttacaa ctgctttatt tttattgaaa caattgtata taaatattac cctctttcac 1320 tgttaattaa agtaaaccta gaccttgtag acaagtgggt caactgatat gtatagaagc 1380 tgtgatgtag acaatacctt tctcttgtgt aaatggtcat aaatatagct gttcctgtgt 1440 ttttataagt tgagggtatt ttgttgtttt ataacaacaa aatttattgc atttgaaatg 1500 gtttttatgt aatagaatca tgcaaacagt gaaggattat aacatggtat atgtaaatgt 1560 ataaacttta gaaagaaata aatacaacaa atttcaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaa 1613 53 1669 DNA Eukaryote 53 ggcacgagga cagattctga gatggaaact taaattacat cccagaggca gggaaactat 60 gaagtcaccg ttcctagacc accccttact gaggttccac ggtcacactg acggcaggac 120 ccacaagggc agggtattgg tctgccctcc tttctcctgt ctgtctgact tacctaactt 180 tggtctcggc tgctgacact tggaaaggac caaattactt gatagtattt ccccctgttt 240 gtgtaatagc ctgaaacctt ggagaggttc cagaatactt ctgtatatag ggcacaggtg 300 aagacattgt ccaaagctta tttatttatc tatttattta ccctggctga gtaaccacac 360 cagtaggggg aaaactaaaa tgtgttgagt gtaaacaaag tcaccagcct ggctagaaat 420 tctccctgga aaacatccat tttgatacaa tgtaaacgtt agtgttcacc cttagataca 480 tgttgaaaga gagctttggt acgcggaagt ggcatctttg gtcacacacc atgccaaagt 540 gaagaggtgg ccagtggagg tcttccggtc ctgtcgggat catttgtgaa tacattcttt 600 gcccctctta agtacttgtt tactaaacat gtgcagtggt aggtattagt gttagatcac 660 agtgggcact tccctgggga tctggggaag accagagctt gcaactctgc ctgttttgat 720 ccctatttct cacagtgctg tattaaaaaa aataggattt aagacagata accaccttta 780 cattgtgagt gtgtttgcct tgtctaacga cagataattc cttaacattt ctcttcacct 840 tagtacttta ggctaattat acacgtctgt ctatgccatg agtaagtgga ctgtagtcgg 900 accaaaagaa aacaaatgag ccgttggacc atttgtgcag tcagtttctg gtccttagat 960 gtatcctaag cagtaagtgt ctgattgtac cctggtggta tgatcagttg tctcgtagct 1020 gtctcagctc cacagtttac aatgcaaatc tgtctcaaga tcttcacgtc actgctgctg 1080 agagcaggga gaattctctg cagctgtttc aaagttgtgg cccggccttg aatcctctgt 1140 taattactgt gtgagccaga gggagctgcc cagcaagggt gggcccccag ccggcagggg 1200 aactttctag actccccgct cattcaattg atctaggcat tcgggcctgc tacttgacca 1260 ttctcgccct gtgaaatgtc ccacactttg aagcaaatac aattcacagc acagtacaca 1320 caaaaaccct ggcataagac aggggaggtt cttcttattt tgtgagccgg ttgccctgga 1380 aacggataac aaagggcagc cttccacttc tggcataatg gtggagcctc ttttctcagg 1440 cttgacacct gtctgaataa gagtgattag agccgcataa tatccctctc ttggctattg 1500 aatatgtggt tcacatacca aaccctgtag aagttagaag acggtcgtgt tcgtatgttg 1560 tttgcttcca ctacattttt gaggttttgt aaaactgtta ttttttttca cgatgtgaaa 1620 ctgaaggtca ataaattatt agagattttc aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaa 1669 54 1586 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(1586) n = A,T,C or G 54 cttaaaaccc ctagatttcc tgttacatac taacacaggt cttccctttc actccaaccc 60 caggtttcag gcctcagagc catgctgggg ttggagaaaa ctgcattcct atgagggtaa 120 aaagtagctg ccctctctga ccctttcttg ctaggcttca tgcgggatgg gagagggtat 180 ccccaggatg gggacagagg aagcctggct agggccttct agcccaataa gccaaacagg 240 aactataagc agatcaaaat cctacactag cttattaggg ccctgttagt tgaaaacctt 300 gttgctgtcc caagttcttc agttacaacc gagtacactt actcttccaa ctgtcctaag 360 ggtcactacc cagccagctt tggatcttca gcacttttaa aagctgaaac tccctcttgc 420 ccttcttgtc tattcctcac tgccagttgg ggcctaggct cagtcctggg caaatgccca 480 tgatcctgct gctgtgggaa gtttgatagg gcatttggct caaatttcaa aaggcctcgc 540 tcctgacctg atttctcgaa gctccagtag ttctagaccc ctccaatctc tcatctgact 600 ggttgcaagg cttatttttc ttttgtactt tcctatagag catttctgta gcatttgagt 660 gtggcgatat ttttgttgtg tgtagatttc taagaaccaa cactactcag tctcctgcta 720 gtctgactcc tgaagcatca gacctcgtca tacggtattg actgtgtatg tgcctttcac 780 cttgagcatg cttcaggatt ttttttctta aaccacagaa cttgaataca caagggaacc 840 agaattcaca aagtcctatg caaccctaga caggaggagg ttagagagtc tgtcttgatt 900 ggtgatttca gagacccnag agaaatttgt accagtttgt attaatgtca gtactaccag 960 cactttgcca aaactaagga tgtcagaggg acctgtttct agagtgagtc ccaattacat 1020 caaagggcaa cttacagctt tctccagtaa gtctgagtgg ttctcttgag ctggtgtcac 1080 tttctaacct ttgccagtct agcccagcag ggccctgtgt gtgtgagtgc agtttggtgc 1140 tgttttggag tatgcctgct ccccagcctg gaaccctctc agcaacttgc tgggacctat 1200 aatgtcttag gtgcaacaag gaccctacca gagctcctgg gtggctttca agatccacgt 1260 agctttgtgt gaggggactg aatgcagaca aaccacagcc tgcttcaaat accttctttc 1320 cctaccacct agttccaaat ggaaccaaca agttgagtgc atctctgttg ggtgttttgt 1380 gttgagactg gctgaagtga aaactctttg actgaccatg ttgtgatgtg tcgacagact 1440 caaggacaca accacctcga gctggtcatg tggcatgcct gtgtatgtgt gtaacaggat 1500 tctgaatgtt aggttgtaat gctattcctg tatgggagaa aaaaataata taaacaaata 1560 aaaatctatt taaagcacaa aaaaaa 1586 55 770 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(770) n = A,T,C or G 55 ccatggggac tggtttgtca ccnattgccc atggnttggt tggtaggtgt tttttggtgg 60 acatttttgt ttcncgtttt gaactccaga ttattgggtt tttgttttaa tttatttttg 120 tcagaggaaa aataatttaa catccatctc acaggcttgc ttgactgttc agttccaagg 180 tcctgctcac tttttcttgt cttgcctctg ctctggcttt cttcatgata gtgctggacg 240 tggagctgag agtctcgttt actctaggca aaccctctac ctgaagccag agcccagcac 300 tccgtaccac cacagacttc tgaagctggc aaagttttag aagctgggag ttttctgatt 360 ctctcattat taagtttctc ctcagtcttt agatagaggt aaatgtgggc ttgtaagaaa 420 agaaacgaaa gcacgtaatg tacacctatt ctgaattatg caaattagct cttactcagg 480 gtcaactaaa ttacttcaac tcgcccttta gtttactctt aatttgcaaa aagagaaaaa 540 agaaggaaaa ctaaatagga ctatgatttg gggagccaaa ttgataatct gatgtaaaag 600 ttgctgtgtt aaacataaat tattaagtgt agactttttt cctaggatat tgtattcatt 660 ttgtgatatc gcctagaatg atgtattaga taaaaatcaa ttttgtaagt atgtaaatat 720 gtcataaata aatactttga cttatttctc aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa 770 56 983 DNA Eukaryote 56 gattttatat tcaatgttgt ttatttaatc cattgcagtt ggtgaatgcc ttttcctcct 60 agacaccctg tattatacca tttggggatt aagtcaaagt taagtatatt tttttcttac 120 ttgagctcta tatatgcaat tcagatatct tcctgatgac agttttatat gtaaatgtaa 180 tttaactttc tttccgtgtt gacgaagttc tgtaggtgtt agggttagaa gtctcagcac 240 tcacttctct cactggatgt gcagtgtgcc tgccatggcg cacggcttct cagtaatgat 300 gccatctctg ctacttttac agaaggagaa gtttactttt gaggtgggta tgtgttgata 360 tctaaacact gtgtgttgct tgcttagata ggcaagacac actgctgtgc gtggctcctg 420 tggtgcacct agcccagggg aacgtagcct cagtacttcc gctggcttct tcatgcctaa 480 gaagcagggg cctttcttgt ttgctgggct ctggctttaa aagttgtcct ttgggtctgg 540 agatgtagct ctgtgacaga acaccagcta atgtcaggtc ctgcggtcag tctctggtac 600 acacaagcgc acactcacat gatgggggga tgaaaggctg tccttgtgta acagtattcg 660 atggggcgtt gcctggatga cgatgtttat gtactctgaa ggcagatcct gaaggcaccc 720 tgttcttccc ttccttgtgt aactgagtct gcactagctt agccactgtt ttagaggcca 780 tcctagtggg cgaacaggag gcatcgcact gggtgatggt ttgccttcag tcctcaagta 840 acagcggccg acttatgccg atggcttgtt tgaaatcaaa tattaccaag ttggcctagt 900 ctgccttctg tgaagaaggg gagaaaggaa gggtggaaag gtggatggaa agcctttggg 960 gaactagtct gatctctcaa ggg 983 57 1763 DNA Eukaryote misc_feature (1)...(1763) y = C or T n = A,T,C or G 57 cttcagttcc tttgaggggn ctttccttcg aaggggatac gcctaccttt cacgagttgc 60 gcagtttgtc tgcaagactc tatgagaagc agataagcga taagtttgct caacatcttc 120 tcgggcataa gtcggacacc atggcatcac agtatcgtga tgacagaggc agggagtggg 180 acaaaattga aatcaaataa tgattttatt ttgactgata gtgacctgtt cgttgcaaca 240 aattgataag caatgctttt ttataatgcc aacttagtat aaaaaagctg aacgagaaac 300 gtaaaatgat ataaatatca atatattaaa ttagattttg cataaaaaac agactacata 360 atactgtaaa acacaacata tgcagtcact atgaatcaac tacttagatg gtattagtga 420 cctgtaacag agcattagcg caaggtgatt tttgtcttct tgcgctaatt ttttgtcatc 480 aaacctgtcg cactccagag aagcacaaag cctcgcaatc cagtgcaaag cttgcatgcc 540 tgcaggtcga ctcatatgcg gtgtgaaata ccgcacagat gcgtaaggag aaaataccgc 600 atcaggcggc catcgccctg atagacggtt tttcgccctt tgacgttgga gtccacgttc 660 tttaatagtg gactcttgtt ccaaactgga acaacactca accctatctc ggtctattct 720 tttgatttat aagggatttt gccgatttcg gcctattggt taaaaaatga gctgatttaa 780 caaaaattta acgcgaattt taacaaaata ttaacgctta caatttgcca ttcgccattc 840 aggctgcgca actgttggga agggcgatcg gtgcgggcct cttcgctatt acgccagctg 900 gcgaaagggg gatgtgctgc aaggcgatta agttgggtaa cgccagggtt ttcccagtca 960 cgacgttgta aaacgacggc cagtgaattg taatacgact cactataggg cgaattgggt 1020 accgggcccc ccctcgaggt cgacggtatc gataagcttg atatcgaatt cggcacgagc 1080 cgcagccgat atgcagtccc cggcggtgct cgtcacctcc aggcaagttc agaatgcgca 1140 cacgggyctc gacctgactg taccacagca ccaggaggtg cggggtaaga tgatgtcagg 1200 ccatgtggag taccagatcc tggtggtgac ccggttggct gtgttcaagt cagccaagca 1260 ccggcccgag gatgtcgtcc agttcttggt ctccaaaaaa tacagcgaga tcgaggagtt 1320 ttaccagaaa ctgtacagtc gttacccaga agccagcctg cccccactgc ctaggaaggt 1380 cctgtttgtc ggggagtctg acatccggga aaggagagcc atgtttgatg agattctacg 1440 ctgtgtctcc aaggatgccc agttggcggg cagcccagag ctgctagaat tcttaggcac 1500 caggtccccg ggggctacag gctttgccac ccgagatccc tctgtcttgg gatgacgaca 1560 gccagccggc caggggacag tgatgaggct tttgacttct ttgagcaaca gggatgaagt 1620 gcaagccacc cacattgggc ctgagcaaca angaaatgtt gagaaggtcc ntggaaggaa 1680 ngaggaggga agggaggaag gangataact tgggatcccc cttggggcaa tcaatgcggc 1740 ctcccaaagg aaagncccta aag 1763 58 4634 DNA Rattus norvegicus misc_feature (1)...(4634) r = G or A y = C or T m = A or C k = G or T s = G or C w = A or T n = A,T,C or G 58 ctgccagccg aggctcctgc cgctgtgacc cgcgctccgc ccgccgccgg gccgggaccc 60 tgatagctaa tgtcagaaga aagtgactct gtgagaacca gcccctctgt ggcctcactc 120 tccgaaaatg agctgccacc gcctcccccg gaacctcccr gctacgtgtg ctcgctgaca 180 gaagacttgg tcaccaaggc cagggaagag cttcaggaga agcccgagtg gagactccgg 240 gatgtgcagg cccttcgaga catggtacgg aaggagtacc catacctgag tacatcgctg 300 gatgatgcct tcctgttgcg ctttctgagg gcccgaaagt ttgattatga ccgggccctg 360 cagctgctgg tcaactacca tggctgcagg cggagctggc cagaggtctt cagcaacctg 420 aggccatcag ccctgaaaga cgttcttaac tctggattcc tcacagtgct gccccacaca 480 gaccccaggg gctgccatgt cctctgcatc cgaccagaca gatggatacc gagcaactac 540 ccgatcaccg agaacatccg cgccatctac ttgacgttag aaaaactcat tcagtccgag 600 gagacccagg tgaacggggt tgtaatcctc gccgactaca agggagtgag cttatcaaag 660 gcgtctcact ttggcccctt tatcgccaga aaggtgattg gcatccttca ggatggcttc 720 cccattcgga taaaagcagt tcacatagta aacgaacctc ggatatttaa gggcattttc 780 gccatcataa aaccatttct gaaggagaaa attgcaaaca ggttcttcct ccatgggtct 840 gacctgagct ctctgcacac gagccttcca aggaatatcc tccccaaaga gtatgggggc 900 accgctgggg agctggacac tgccagctgg aacgcggtgc tgctggcctc ggaggatgat 960 tttgtgaaag agttctgcca gcctgagtct ggctgcgatg gtctcttggg ccagcccctg 1020 ctgcctgagg ggctgatctc agacgcgcag tgtgacgact ccatgcgagc catgaagtcc 1080 cagctctact cctgctatta gccctcttcc gggagaatca ccatgtgtaa ttccttcctt 1140 cttcgaatgc acaggctgaa gatgccagga cctcggtctt gctccatcac agtgcagcac 1200 ggagctgcct gcagagattt aaggagagcc catcacaggc agacctctga ccagctaggt 1260 tattccaaga agacatggaa attgccctgg tgattcccag atgtctgtac tctaagtctg 1320 caactgttac tctggaagct gcatctgttt cttatgcatc ttggaaagaa ctagggtcaa 1380 agtcactctg aagtgaccag gagtagacaa cttgattgat catgagtctg aaacaattgc 1440 caatcctgaa aggtggccat gcgtgagact ttgagtctct ttcccataaa ctgtaggtgt 1500 tgactactgc tgcttatctg caaaggtcag ggttcaggcc ccagttggca ttgctgggtc 1560 tgggaagcac tgctaactga gtggtagaaa cgccaggccc aggcagcact taaaggttaa 1620 aggtcaaatt tggaagctaa ggctataaat catcctgggt tccaggctta aatcttgcaa 1680 tggacactct ccccaaacca taaagcctta gctctggttc tccatggaat catgcaggtc 1740 aacataaaat actggattct tggactgcgt ggctaaaagc acttagacta rgagtccagt 1800 gtgtgactgg atggataggg gcctcagctt gtcaactcta agttagmgmt ccatggaatg 1860 aaggccttgr gggctgctca agttctgtta ggtttctgct tggaaagatg accacctgga 1920 ggtggccggg cctttttggt ttggcttggt tttgtgttat agacacaagc cttatggaaa 1980 ggaaccgtct ggcctttaaa gaaattacta tgttcctggg agttggtggt aaccagctgc 2040 ttttgcagat gatgggtgaa ctggaaaggg atggcttttg tgaggctgac caagtcttgt 2100 acgcggatgt tgtacagatt cctcccacac cggagacatt cgtactatat tagaaacagc 2160 cacggacttg tgctctttca gtttgtgtcc ctggaaacat acggggggca ggctgttgct 2220 ggttcacctg ggggccctgc cctcccagac acgggagtgc ttgtctagcg tgggagggcc 2280 agttggccag attgttagct ctgcgttggg gtgtcgtaga caactgacag gattttagcc 2340 ttaacccaag cactgagtga ggtgattttt cccttggctt ttggcgtgtc tttggtattc 2400 accatgtatt gtggtgtcag gtagtgtcag gtactgttgg ctgtgtgtct cctagactaa 2460 gcgggcgttg satacagctt acatacagtg cttggagacc aaaggtcagt tggttgtaat 2520 aagctggtcc acccttaaca gacttcccaa acatyacaga agctyttatg gmccttacct 2580 aataatgcca attctggagg acactctttt accatagawk csaatccttg atctcctggc 2640 tcctggttga gcttccgcac tgatacaccc tcttgrctgc ccatcagggc catttgctgc 2700 tgagttctgc attgcttaak ctsckgsygy tttctgccta aagggatggc cacccagaca 2760 cctaaaaaga cccgggatgg ctctctagcc ttggtggaga gtcttattag aagttttctt 2820 tgggggattg gggatttggc tcagtggtag agcgcttgcc tggcaagcac aaggccctgg 2880 gttcggtccc cagctcttaa aaaaaaaaaa agttttcttt ggtagttggg gaaaaggcag 2940 aaggaaaaaa acaaagggaa agatgaatct ctcagtccta cctggttccc taaatttaaa 3000 tcgtgtcatg tgactagtta agtctctttg acttaacaaa gggacaccag gttcttgggg 3060 agaaatctca gagcaaaatg ttgcctgttg staaccttct ggtaaccara ggarccttga 3120 taarcttarg agykgactgt atgtccatgc tcttgtgact ctagagactc tggcacctca 3180 ggttnaagca ggctgtgagc cagatgtcct ggtgccaagc aaccccactg ttgagcagca 3240 ggggcaccat aggcctcagc taggggagcg cactggtaga gccagcaagt gagcaggaat 3300 ctgactttag ggtaaaaatc tagacagttc tgacagctgg aagtcaactt ttcctccatt 3360 caaagtcatg tggcattggg aaggggctag ggaaatagaa gtgggttcca gctttatctt 3420 cctacacagt ctcgagtata gcattaacac cgagtgctgg acagaggttg tctgctgaac 3480 actcaatcct gctcctgact gactctggaa ataaggacat tccactctgc ttggcgcgga 3540 gatgccctag tgtgcggccg cgggggcttc tctttctcaa gtcctctaca gnacttccag 3600 gcagttcatc ttcctaggaa aaggtatgga ggttctgcct tcatggtaga aacacaggat 3660 aaaatctaca gtaaacaacc ggtaagtgct ggcttcttac gccttggctt tctccaggca 3720 caggtgggtt cgactactcc catttcatct ttgtaagcac ctcaggttat agggcagttt 3780 cttcagagtt ggggggactg gagccattcc ccctgtaatg cctgaggtgg ccttaccacc 3840 tagcagccag tttggccagc aacagccaca ctgctgttat ggtatcataa tacctcatcc 3900 tcgggtttcc ttcagaaagg raaawgctaa ctcagttgat gtaagtgttg ctgtgctggg 3960 atcctgtcat gtgggaggga acaccaaata cacaggctct caggagacat cttgctaagg 4020 cttctcttta ctgcagtctg ctcacgttgt aaatctgccc tctgttctcc tgactcaraa 4080 agactcagcc mcaaatcaag aagcgccatc aaacgttcct tctcakkggg aacgtgctcc 4140 acaggaaggt ccagwgggat ttgcarctag agtcacgttt tactggkttg tgamcaaatt 4200 tactggtttt carttacctg gggkcctatg kgkkttttma accttttccc atmaggcagt 4260 tagtagtagc cactttgggt tcctgtggac gtgcctcagc ttctcggcat aggaacccaa 4320 caggtagaat acttgaaact tctcagtggc caagacctcg ataccctctc tgatgggtgg 4380 gaactgggct attttcctga ccaatctagg ccaccatttt agtccctggt cacattcctt 4440 actccaaact gaaattcagt ttggctttga gtatgtgcac acgtggtggg ttcacctact 4500 tcagtgttga ccaaaagttt atttttctag tgcatttttc taaatggtaa aaatatgtaa 4560 ttttagtatg catgactggg tctccaaaat aaaaactgag tgtattgtga aaaaaaaaaa 4620 aaaaaaaaaa aaaa 4634 59 1030 DNA Rattus norvegicus CDS (1)...(1030) 59 atg tca gaa gaa agt gac tct gtg aga acc agc ccc tct gtg gcc tca 48 Met Ser Glu Glu Ser Asp Ser Val Arg Thr Ser Pro Ser Val Ala Ser 1 5 10 15 ctc tcc gaa aat gag ctg cca ccg cct ccc ccg gaa cct ccc ggc tac 96 Leu Ser Glu Asn Glu Leu Pro Pro Pro Pro Pro Glu Pro Pro Gly Tyr 20 25 30 gtg tgc tcg ctg aca gaa gac ttg gtc acc aag gcc agg gaa gag ctt 144 Val Cys Ser Leu Thr Glu Asp Leu Val Thr Lys Ala Arg Glu Glu Leu 35 40 45 cag gag aag ccc gag tgg aga ctc cgg gat gtg cag gcc ctt cga gac 192 Gln Glu Lys Pro Glu Trp Arg Leu Arg Asp Val Gln Ala Leu Arg Asp 50 55 60 atg gta cgg aag gag tac cca tac ctg agt aca tcg ctg gat gat gcc 240 Met Val Arg Lys Glu Tyr Pro Tyr Leu Ser Thr Ser Leu Asp Asp Ala 65 70 75 80 ttc ctg ttg cgc ttt ctg agg gcc cga aag ttt gat tat gac cgg gcc 288 Phe Leu Leu Arg Phe Leu Arg Ala Arg Lys Phe Asp Tyr Asp Arg Ala 85 90 95 ctg cag ctg ctg gtc aac tac cat ggc tgc agg cgg agc tgg cca gag 336 Leu Gln Leu Leu Val Asn Tyr His Gly Cys Arg Arg Ser Trp Pro Glu 100 105 110 gtc ttc agc aac ctg agg cca tca gcc ctg aaa gac gtt ctt aac tct 384 Val Phe Ser Asn Leu Arg Pro Ser Ala Leu Lys Asp Val Leu Asn Ser 115 120 125 gga ttc ctc aca gtg ctg ccc cac aca gac ccc agg ggc tgc cat gtc 432 Gly Phe Leu Thr Val Leu Pro His Thr Asp Pro Arg Gly Cys His Val 130 135 140 ctc tgc atc cga cca gac aga tgg ata ccg agc aac tac ccg atc acc 480 Leu Cys Ile Arg Pro Asp Arg Trp Ile Pro Ser Asn Tyr Pro Ile Thr 145 150 155 160 gag aac atc cgc gcc atc tac ttg acg tta gaa aaa ctc att cag tcc 528 Glu Asn Ile Arg Ala Ile Tyr Leu Thr Leu Glu Lys Leu Ile Gln Ser 165 170 175 gag gag acc cag gtg aac ggg gtt gta atc ctc gcc gac tac aag gga 576 Glu Glu Thr Gln Val Asn Gly Val Val Ile Leu Ala Asp Tyr Lys Gly 180 185 190 gtg agc tta tca aag gcg tct cac ttt ggc ccc ttt atc gcc aga aag 624 Val Ser Leu Ser Lys Ala Ser His Phe Gly Pro Phe Ile Ala Arg Lys 195 200 205 gtg att ggc atc ctt cag gat ggc ttc ccc att cgg ata aaa gca gtt 672 Val Ile Gly Ile Leu Gln Asp Gly Phe Pro Ile Arg Ile Lys Ala Val 210 215 220 cac ata gta aac gaa cct cgg ata ttt aag ggc att ttc gcc atc ata 720 His Ile Val Asn Glu Pro Arg Ile Phe Lys Gly Ile Phe Ala Ile Ile 225 230 235 240 aaa cca ttt ctg aag gag aaa att gca aac agg ttc ttc ctc cat ggg 768 Lys Pro Phe Leu Lys Glu Lys Ile Ala Asn Arg Phe Phe Leu His Gly 245 250 255 tct gac ctg agc tct ctg cac acg agc ctt cca agg aat atc ctc ccc 816 Ser Asp Leu Ser Ser Leu His Thr Ser Leu Pro Arg Asn Ile Leu Pro 260 265 270 aaa gag tat ggg ggc acc gct ggg gag ctg gac act gcc agc tgg aac 864 Lys Glu Tyr Gly Gly Thr Ala Gly Glu Leu Asp Thr Ala Ser Trp Asn 275 280 285 gcg gtg ctg ctg gcc tcg gag gat gat ttt gtg aaa gag ttc tgc cag 912 Ala Val Leu Leu Ala Ser Glu Asp Asp Phe Val Lys Glu Phe Cys Gln 290 295 300 cct gag tct ggc tgc gat ggt ctc ttg ggc cag ccc ctg ctg cct gag 960 Pro Glu Ser Gly Cys Asp Gly Leu Leu Gly Gln Pro Leu Leu Pro Glu 305 310 315 320 ggg ctg atc tca gac gcg cag tgt gac gac tcc atg cga gcc atg aag 1008 Gly Leu Ile Ser Asp Ala Gln Cys Asp Asp Ser Met Arg Ala Met Lys 325 330 335 tcc cag ctc tac tcc tgc tat t 1030 Ser Gln Leu Tyr Ser Cys Tyr 340 60 1029 DNA Homo sapiens CDS (1)...(1029) 60 atg tcc gaa gaa agg gac tct ctg aga acc agc cct tct gtg gcc tca 48 Met Ser Glu Glu Arg Asp Ser Leu Arg Thr Ser Pro Ser Val Ala Ser 1 5 10 15 ctc tct gaa aat gag ctg cca cca cca cct gag cct ccg ggc tat gtg 96 Leu Ser Glu Asn Glu Leu Pro Pro Pro Pro Glu Pro Pro Gly Tyr Val 20 25 30 tgc tca ctg aca gaa gac ctg gtc acc aaa gcc cgg gaa gag ctg cag 144 Cys Ser Leu Thr Glu Asp Leu Val Thr Lys Ala Arg Glu Glu Leu Gln 35 40 45 gaa aag ccg gaa tgg aga ctt cga gat gtg cag gcc ctt cgt gac atg 192 Glu Lys Pro Glu Trp Arg Leu Arg Asp Val Gln Ala Leu Arg Asp Met 50 55 60 gtg cgg aag gag tac ccc aac ctg agc aca tcc ctc gac gat gcc ttc 240 Val Arg Lys Glu Tyr Pro Asn Leu Ser Thr Ser Leu Asp Asp Ala Phe 65 70 75 80 ctg ctg cgc ttc ctc cga gcc cgc aag ttt gat tac gac cgg gcc ctg 288 Leu Leu Arg Phe Leu Arg Ala Arg Lys Phe Asp Tyr Asp Arg Ala Leu 85 90 95 cag ctc ctc gtc aac tac cac agc tgt aga aga agc tgg ccc gaa gtc 336 Gln Leu Leu Val Asn Tyr His Ser Cys Arg Arg Ser Trp Pro Glu Val 100 105 110 ttc aat aac ttg aag cca tca gcc tta aaa gat gtc ctt gct tcc ggg 384 Phe Asn Asn Leu Lys Pro Ser Ala Leu Lys Asp Val Leu Ala Ser Gly 115 120 125 ttc ctc acc gtg ctg ccc cac act gac ccc agg ggc tgc cat gtc gtc 432 Phe Leu Thr Val Leu Pro His Thr Asp Pro Arg Gly Cys His Val Val 130 135 140 tgc atc cgc cca gac aga tgg ata cca agc aac tat cca att act gaa 480 Cys Ile Arg Pro Asp Arg Trp Ile Pro Ser Asn Tyr Pro Ile Thr Glu 145 150 155 160 aac atc cga gcc ata tac ttg acc tta gaa aaa ctc att cag tct gaa 528 Asn Ile Arg Ala Ile Tyr Leu Thr Leu Glu Lys Leu Ile Gln Ser Glu 165 170 175 gaa acc cag gtg aat gga att gta att ctt gca gac tac aaa gga gtg 576 Glu Thr Gln Val Asn Gly Ile Val Ile Leu Ala Asp Tyr Lys Gly Val 180 185 190 agt tta tca aaa gca tct cac ttt ggc cct ttt ata gcc aaa aag gtg 624 Ser Leu Ser Lys Ala Ser His Phe Gly Pro Phe Ile Ala Lys Lys Val 195 200 205 att ggc atc ctc cag gat ggt ttc ccc att cgg ata aaa gca gtc cat 672 Ile Gly Ile Leu Gln Asp Gly Phe Pro Ile Arg Ile Lys Ala Val His 210 215 220 gtg gtg aat gaa cct cga ata ttt aaa ggc att ttt gcc atc ata aaa 720 Val Val Asn Glu Pro Arg Ile Phe Lys Gly Ile Phe Ala Ile Ile Lys 225 230 235 240 cca ttt cta aag gag aaa ata gca aac aga ttc ttc ctc cat ggg tct 768 Pro Phe Leu Lys Glu Lys Ile Ala Asn Arg Phe Phe Leu His Gly Ser 245 250 255 gac ttg aac tct ctc cac aca aac ctt cca aga agc atc ctc ccc aag 816 Asp Leu Asn Ser Leu His Thr Asn Leu Pro Arg Ser Ile Leu Pro Lys 260 265 270 gag tat ggg ggc acg gct ggg gag ctg gac act gcc acc tgg aac gca 864 Glu Tyr Gly Gly Thr Ala Gly Glu Leu Asp Thr Ala Thr Trp Asn Ala 275 280 285 gta ctg ctg gct tca gaa gac gat ttt gtg aaa gag ttc tgc caa cct 912 Val Leu Leu Ala Ser Glu Asp Asp Phe Val Lys Glu Phe Cys Gln Pro 290 295 300 gtt cct gcc tgt gac agc atc ctg ggc cag acg ctg ctg ccc gag ggc 960 Val Pro Ala Cys Asp Ser Ile Leu Gly Gln Thr Leu Leu Pro Glu Gly 305 310 315 320 ctg acc tca gat gca cag tgt gac gac tcc ttg cga gct gtg aag tca 1008 Leu Thr Ser Asp Ala Gln Cys Asp Asp Ser Leu Arg Ala Val Lys Ser 325 330 335 cag ctg tac tcc tgc tac tag 1029 Gln Leu Tyr Ser Cys Tyr * 340 61 341 PRT Rattus norvegicus VARIANT (1)...(341) Xaa = Any Amino Acid 61 Met Ser Glu Glu Ser Asp Ser Val Arg Thr Ser Pro Ser Val Ala Ser 1 5 10 15 Leu Ser Glu Asn Glu Leu Pro Pro Pro Pro Pro Glu Pro Pro Xaa Tyr 20 25 30 Val Cys Ser Leu Thr Glu Asp Leu Val Thr Lys Ala Arg Glu Glu Leu 35 40 45 Gln Glu Lys Pro Glu Trp Arg Leu Arg Asp Val Gln Ala Leu Arg Asp 50 55 60 Met Val Arg Lys Glu Tyr Pro Tyr Leu Ser Thr Ser Leu Asp Asp Ala 65 70 75 80 Phe Leu Leu Arg Phe Leu Arg Ala Arg Lys Phe Asp Tyr Asp Arg Ala 85 90 95 Leu Gln Leu Leu Val Asn Tyr His Gly Cys Arg Arg Ser Trp Pro Glu 100 105 110 Val Phe Ser Asn Leu Arg Pro Ser Ala Leu Lys Asp Val Leu Asn Ser 115 120 125 Gly Phe Leu Thr Val Leu Pro His Thr Asp Pro Arg Gly Cys His Val 130 135 140 Leu Cys Ile Arg Pro Asp Arg Trp Ile Pro Ser Asn Tyr Pro Ile Thr 145 150 155 160 Glu Asn Ile Arg Ala Ile Tyr Leu Thr Leu Glu Lys Leu Ile Gln Ser 165 170 175 Glu Glu Thr Gln Val Asn Gly Val Val Ile Leu Ala Asp Tyr Lys Gly 180 185 190 Val Ser Leu Ser Lys Ala Ser His Phe Gly Pro Phe Ile Ala Arg Lys 195 200 205 Val Ile Gly Ile Leu Gln Asp Gly Phe Pro Ile Arg Ile Lys Ala Val 210 215 220 His Ile Val Asn Glu Pro Arg Ile Phe Lys Gly Ile Phe Ala Ile Ile 225 230 235 240 Lys Pro Phe Leu Lys Glu Lys Ile Ala Asn Arg Phe Phe Leu His Gly 245 250 255 Ser Asp Leu Ser Ser Leu His Thr Ser Leu Pro Arg Asn Ile Leu Pro 260 265 270 Lys Glu Tyr Gly Gly Thr Ala Gly Glu Leu Asp Thr Ala Ser Trp Asn 275 280 285 Ala Val Leu Leu Ala Ser Glu Asp Asp Phe Val Lys Glu Phe Cys Gln 290 295 300 Pro Glu Ser Gly Cys Asp Gly Leu Leu Gly Gln Pro Leu Leu Pro Glu 305 310 315 320 Gly Leu Ile Ser Asp Ala Gln Cys Asp Asp Ser Met Arg Ala Met Lys 325 330 335 Ser Gln Leu Tyr Ser 340 62 342 PRT Homo sapiens 62 Met Ser Glu Glu Arg Asp Ser Leu Arg Thr Ser Pro Ser Val Ala Ser 1 5 10 15 Leu Ser Glu Asn Glu Leu Pro Pro Pro Pro Glu Pro Pro Gly Tyr Val 20 25 30 Cys Ser Leu Thr Glu Asp Leu Val Thr Lys Ala Arg Glu Glu Leu Gln 35 40 45 Glu Lys Pro Glu Trp Arg Leu Arg Asp Val Gln Ala Leu Arg Asp Met 50 55 60 Val Arg Lys Glu Tyr Pro Asn Leu Ser Thr Ser Leu Asp Asp Ala Phe 65 70 75 80 Leu Leu Arg Phe Leu Arg Ala Arg Lys Phe Asp Tyr Asp Arg Ala Leu 85 90 95 Gln Leu Leu Val Asn Tyr His Ser Cys Arg Arg Ser Trp Pro Glu Val 100 105 110 Phe Asn Asn Leu Lys Pro Ser Ala Leu Lys Asp Val Leu Ala Ser Gly 115 120 125 Phe Leu Thr Val Leu Pro His Thr Asp Pro Arg Gly Cys His Val Val 130 135 140 Cys Ile Arg Pro Asp Arg Trp Ile Pro Ser Asn Tyr Pro Ile Thr Glu 145 150 155 160 Asn Ile Arg Ala Ile Tyr Leu Thr Leu Glu Lys Leu Ile Gln Ser Glu 165 170 175 Glu Thr Gln Val Asn Gly Ile Val Ile Leu Ala Asp Tyr Lys Gly Val 180 185 190 Ser Leu Ser Lys Ala Ser His Phe Gly Pro Phe Ile Ala Lys Lys Val 195 200 205 Ile Gly Ile Leu Gln Asp Gly Phe Pro Ile Arg Ile Lys Ala Val His 210 215 220 Val Val Asn Glu Pro Arg Ile Phe Lys Gly Ile Phe Ala Ile Ile Lys 225 230 235 240 Pro Phe Leu Lys Glu Lys Ile Ala Asn Arg Phe Phe Leu His Gly Ser 245 250 255 Asp Leu Asn Ser Leu His Thr Asn Leu Pro Arg Ser Ile Leu Pro Lys 260 265 270 Glu Tyr Gly Gly Thr Ala Gly Glu Leu Asp Thr Ala Thr Trp Asn Ala 275 280 285 Val Leu Leu Ala Ser Glu Asp Asp Phe Val Lys Glu Phe Cys Gln Pro 290 295 300 Val Pro Ala Cys Asp Ser Ile Leu Gly Gln Thr Leu Leu Pro Glu Gly 305 310 315 320 Leu Thr Ser Asp Ala Gln Cys Asp Asp Ser Leu Arg Ala Val Lys Ser 325 330 335 Gln Leu Tyr Ser Cys Tyr 340 

What is claimed is:
 1. An isolated nucleic acid comprising at least one adenine base, at least one guanine base, at least one cytosine base, and at least one thymine or uracil base, wherein said isolated nucleic acid is at least 12 bases in length, and hybridizes to the sense or antisense strand of a second nucleic acid under hybridization conditions, said second nucleic acid having a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:3, 4, 12, 18, 19, 26, 31, 45, 46, 58, 59, or
 60. 2. The isolated nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein said hybridization conditions are moderately stringent hybridization conditions.
 3. The isolated nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein said hybridization conditions are highly stringent hybridization conditions.
 4. An isolated nucleic acid, wherein said isolated nucleic acid comprises a nucleic acid sequence that encodes an amino acid sequence at least five amino acids in length, said amino acid sequence comprising at least three different amino acid residues, and being identical to a contiguous portion of sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:27, 32, 61, or
 62. 5. An isolated nucleic acid comprising a nucleic acid sequence at least 60 percent identical to the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:3, 4, 12, 18, 19, 26, 31, 45, 46, 58, 59, or
 60. 6. An isolated nucleic acid, wherein said isolated nucleic acid comprises a nucleic acid sequence that encodes an amino acid sequence at least 60 percent identical to the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:27, 32, 61, or
 62. 7. An isolated nucleic acid comprising a nucleic acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:3, 4,12, 18, 19, 26, 31, 45, 46, 58, 59, or
 60. 8. A substantially pure polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid of claim
 1. 9. A substantially pure polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:27, 32, 61, or
 62. 10. A substantially pure polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 60 percent identical to the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:27, 32, 61, or
 62. 11. A substantially pure polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least five amino acids in length, said amino acid sequence comprising at least three different amino acid residues, and being identical to a contiguous stretch of sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:27, 32, 61, or
 62. 12. A host cell containing an isolated nucleic acid of claim
 1. 13. The host cell of claim 12, wherein said host cell is a eukaryotic cell.
 14. An antibody having specific binding affinity for an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid of claim
 1. 15. The antibody of claim 14, wherein said antibody is monoclonal.
 16. The antibody of claim 14, wherein said antibody is polyclonal.
 17. A cDNA library comprising a plurality of clones, wherein each clone comprises a cDNA insert and wherein at least about 15 percent of said clones comprise cDNA derived from immediate early genes.
 18. The cDNA library of claim 17, wherein at least about 20 percent of said clones comprise cDNA derived from immediate early genes.
 19. The cDNA library of claim 17, wherein at least about 25 percent of said clones comprise cDNA derived from immediate early genes.
 20. The cDNA library of claim 17, wherein said immediate early genes are immediate early genes responsive to a maximal electroconvulsive seizure.
 21. The cDNA library of claim 17, wherein said cDNA library is a subtracted cDNA library.
 22. The cDNA library of claim 21, wherein said subtracted cDNA library is IEG-Reg cDNA library.
 23. The cDNA library of claim 21, wherein said subtracted cDNA library is IEG-Lg cDNA library.
 24. An isolated nucleic acid derived from a cDNA library, wherein said cDNA library comprises a plurality of clones, wherein each clone comprises a cDNA insert and wherein at least about 15 percent of said clones comprise cDNA derived from immediate early genes.
 25. The isolated nucleic acid of claim 24, wherein said isolated nucleic acid comprises a nucleic acid sequence of an immediate early gene.
 26. A method of obtaining immediate early gene nucleic acid, said method comprising: a) providing a cDNA library, said cDNA library comprising a plurality of clones, wherein each clone comprises a cDNA insert and wherein at least about 15 percent of said clones comprise cDNA derived from immediate early genes; b) contacting at least a portion of said cDNA library with a probe, said probe containing at least one nucleic acid having a nucleic acid sequence derived from an immediate early gene; and c) selecting a member of said plurality of clones based on the hybridization of said at least one nucleic acid to said member under hybridization conditions, said member comprising said immediate early gene nucleic acid.
 27. A method of treating an animal having a deficiency in a neuron's immediate early gene responsiveness to a stimulus, said method comprising administering a nucleic acid of claim 1 to said animal such that the effect of said deficiency is minimized.
 28. The method of claim 27, wherein said deficiency comprises a reduced level of expression of an immediate early gene.
 29. The method of claim 27, wherein said stimulus influences learning or memory.
 30. The method of claim 29, wherein said stimulus comprises a maximal electroconvulsive seizure.
 31. A method of treating an animal having a deficiency in a neuron's immediate early gene responsiveness to a stimulus, said method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a substantially pure polypeptide of claim 8 to said animal such that the effect of said deficiency is minimized.
 32. A method of treating an animal having a deficiency in a neuron's immediate early gene responsiveness to a stimulus, said method comprising administering an effective amount of cells to said animal such that the effect of said deficiency is minimized, said cells containing a nucleic acid of claim
 1. 33. A method of treating an animal having a deficiency in a neuron's immediate early gene responsiveness to a stimulus, said method comprising administering a therapeutically effective of antibodies to said animal such that the effect of said deficiency is minimized, said antibodies having specific binding affinity for an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid of claim
 1. 34. The method of claim 33, wherein said deficiency comprises an elevated level of expression of an immediate early gene.
 35. A method of identifying a compound that modulates immediate early gene expression, said method comprising: a) contacting a test compound with an immediate early gene nucleic acid; and b) determining whether said test compound effects the expression of said immediate early gene nucleic acid, wherein the presence of an effect indicates that said test compound is said compound.
 36. The method of claim 35, wherein said immediate early gene nucleic acid comprises a nucleic acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:3, 4, 12, 18, 19, 26, 31, 45, 46, 58, 59, or
 60. 37. The method of claim 35, wherein said effect is a reduction in the expression of said immediate early gene nucleic acid.
 38. The method of claim 35, wherein said effect is an increase in the expression of said immediate early gene nucleic acid.
 39. A method of identifying a compound that modulates immediate early gene polypeptide activity, said method comprising: a) contacting a test compound with an immediate early gene polypeptide; and b) determining whether said test compound effects the activity of said immediate early gene polypeptide, wherein the presence of an effect indicates that said test compound is said compound.
 40. The method of claim 39, wherein said immediate early gene polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid of claim
 1. 41. The method of claim 39, wherein said immediate early gene polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:27, 32, 61, or
 62. 42. The method of claim 39, wherein said effect is a reduction in the activity of said immediate early gene polypeptide.
 43. The method of claim 39, wherein said effect is an increase in the activity of said immediate early gene polypeptide. 